系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 经济基础 經濟基礎 jīng jì jī chǔ socio-economic base / economic foundation 美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 部门 部門 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 司 sī to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry) syn 经济 經濟 jīng jì economy / economic syn 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters syn 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 复苏 復蘇 fù sū variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1] / to recover (health, economic) / to resuscitate / anabiosis syn 泡沫 pào mò foam / (soap) bubble / (economic) bubble syn 司法部 sī fǎ bù Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc) 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic) syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 国务院 國務院 guó wù yuàn (PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department 小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn 神经科 神經科 shén jīng kē neurology department 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 妇产科 婦產科 fù chǎn kē department of gynecology and obstetrics / birth clinic syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 商城 shāng chéng shopping center / department store syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 税务局 稅務局 shuì wù jú Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong) syn 眼科 yǎn kē (department of) ophthalmology 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 产科 產科 chǎn kē maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics 农业部 農業部 nóng yè bù Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agriculture 百货店 百貨店 bǎi huò diàn bazaar / department store / general store syn 卡萨布兰卡 卡薩布蘭卡 kǎ sà bù lán kǎ Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital) 交通部 jiāo tōng bù Department of Transportation / (PRC) Ministry of Transport 行政部门 行政部門 xíng zhèng bù mén administrative department / administration / executive (government branch) 拉动 拉動 lā dòng to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) syn 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 经济危机 經濟危機 jīng jì wēi jī economic crisis syn 律政司 lǜ zhèng sī Department of Justice (Hong Kong) 粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 化学系 化學系 huà xué xì department of chemistry 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 业务部 業務部 yè wù bù Department of Operations 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 百货大楼 百貨大樓 bǎi huò dà lóu department store 宣传部 宣傳部 xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 经济效益 經濟效益 jīng jì xiào yì economic 人事处 人事處 rén shì chù human resources department 经济特区 經濟特區 jīng jì tè qū special economic zone 外向型 wài xiàng xíng export-oriented (economic model) 门市部 門市部 mén shì bù retail department / section of a retail store syn 大跃进 大躍進 dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 政治部 zhèng zhì bù political division / cadre department 经济界 經濟界 jīng jì jiè economic circles 裁撤 cái chè to dissolve (a department etc) / to eliminate (positions) syn 经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development 经济增长 經濟增長 jīng jì zēng zhǎng economic growth 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 社会经济 社會經濟 shè huì jīng jì socio-economic 经济合作 經濟合作 jīng jì hé zuò economic co-operation 经济体制 經濟體制 jīng jì tǐ zhì economic system 中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era 泰达 泰達 tài dá TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area) 信报 信報 xìn bào abbr. for 信報財經新聞|信报财经新闻, Hong Kong Economic Journal 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 经济状况 經濟狀況 jīng jì zhuàng kuàng economic situation 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 财务部 財務部 cái wù bù Finance Department 规划局 規劃局 guī huà jú planning department 经济问题 經濟問題 jīng jì wèn tí economic problem 经济一体化 經濟一體化 jīng jì yī tǐ huà economic integration 处级 處級 chù jí (administrative) department-level 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 淮海 huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 生产关系 生產關係 shēng chǎn guān xì relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations 经合 經合 jīng hé Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 syn 负增长 負增長 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession 经济论坛 jīng jì lùn tán Economic Forum 社会经济发展 socio-economic development 中宣部 zhōng xuān bù Publicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) 经济增长率 經濟增長率 jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ economic growth rate 经济犯罪 經濟犯罪 jīng jì fàn zuì economic crime 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵糰 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) 农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 经济委员会 經濟委員會 Economic Committee 美国国务院 美國國務院 měi guó guó wù yuàn US Department of State 经合组织 經合組織 jīng hé zǔ zhī Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 经济分析 經濟分析 economic analysis 