中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4]) 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 省会 省會 shěng huì provincial capital syn 省城 shěng chéng provincial capital syn 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination 省委 shěng wěi provincial Party committee 刺史 cì shǐ provincial governor (old) 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 省辖市 省轄市 shěng xiá shì provincial city 中举 中舉 zhòng jǔ to pass the provincial level imperial examination 副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent) 乡试 鄉試 xiāng shì the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing 解元 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old) 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary 省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 抚 撫 fǔ to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor syn 南京市 nán jīng shì Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1su1 Sheng3] 嘉山 jiā shān Jiashan former county 1932-1992 in northeast Anhui, now part of Chuzhou prefecture 滁州[Chu2 zhou1] / provincial level scenic area in Hunan 视察团 shì chá tuán Inspectorate 空间视察员 space inspectorate 国际审查团指导方针 國際審查團指導方針 Guidelines on the International Inspectorate 国际空间视察员 國際空間視察員 international space inspectorate 长春市 長春市 cháng chūn shì Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2lin2 Sheng3] 成都市 chéng dū shì Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4chuan1 Sheng3] 大连市 大連市 dà lián shì Dalian, sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2ning2 Sheng3] 广州市 廣州市 guǎng zhōu shì Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 哈尔滨市 哈爾濱市 hā ěr bīn shì Harbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] 杭州市 háng zhōu shì Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4jiang1 Sheng3] 济南市 濟南市 jǐ nán shì Jinan, sub-provincial city and capital of Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1dong1 Sheng3] 宁波市 寧波市 níng bō shì Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4jiang1 Sheng3] 青岛市 青島市 qīng dǎo shì Qingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1dong1 Sheng3] 深圳市 shēn zhèn shì Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 沈阳市 瀋陽市 shěn yáng shì Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2ning2 Sheng3] 武汉市 武漢市 wǔ hàn shì Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] 厦门市 廈門市 xià mén shì Xiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2jian4 Sheng3] 分巡兵备道 分巡兵備道 fēn xún bīng bèi dào (Qing dynasty) provincial surveillance and defense commission 土财主 土財主 tǔ cái zhǔ local wealthy landlord / country money-bags / rich provincial 奴儿干都司 奴兒干都司 nú ér gān dū sī the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area 武举 武舉 wǔ jǔ successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination 省垣 shěng yuán a provincial capital 省治 shěng zhì a provincial capital 省财税厅 省財稅廳 shěng cái shuì tīng Provincial Property Tax Office 省农业厅 省農業廳 shěng nóng yè tīng Provincial Department of Agriculture 知州 zhī zhōu senior provincial government official in dynastic China 秋试 秋試 qiū shì autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) 秋闱 秋闈 qiū wéi autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) 藩库 藩庫 fān kù government repository / state provincial warehouse (esp. during Qing dynasty) 西安市 xī ān shì Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3xi1 Sheng3] 郡守 jùn shǒu senior provincial official in imperial China 陆荣廷 陸榮廷 lù róng tíng Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction 晋州市 晉州市 jìn zhōu shì Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei, administered by the provincial capital, Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4] 省级司法协调机制 Provincial Justice Coordination Mechanism 省级重建队 Provincial Reconstruction Team 魁北克地名自动数据管理系统 Quebec provincial data toponymic base 省安全委员会 provincial security committee 省训练中心 省訓練中心 Provincial Training Centre 省结构 省結構 provincial structure 布干维尔临时省政府 布幹維爾臨時省政府 Bougainville Interim Provincial Government 临时省政府 臨時省政府 Interim Provincial Government 省议会选举 省議會選舉 provincial council elections 瓜达尔卡纳尔省政府 瓜達爾卡納爾省政府 Guadalcanal Provincial Government 马莱塔省政府 馬萊塔省政府 Malaita Provincial Government 省政府和地方政府组织法 省政府和地方政府組織法 Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments 州伯 zhōu bó governor (of a province) / provincial chief (old) 会元 會元 huì yuán provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties) 环保厅 環保廳 huán bǎo tīng (provincial) department of environmental protection 臬台 臬臺 niè tái provincial judge (in imperial China) 财税厅 財稅廳 cái shuì tīng (provincial) department of finance 三元 sān yuán (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] syn 连中三元 連中三元 lián zhòng sān yuán (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc) 