办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 安全局 ān quán jú security bureau 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 税务局 稅務局 shuì wù jú Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong) syn 卫生局 衛生局 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological office 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn 统计局 統計局 tǒng jì jú Bureau of Statistics 分社 fēn shè subdivision or branch of an organization / news bureau 民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 官署 guān shǔ official institution / state bureau syn 公安机关 公安機關 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau 国家统计局 國家統計局 guó jiā tǒng jì jú (China) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 联邦调查局 聯邦調查局 lián bāng diào chá jú Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 卫生署 衛生署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 地震局 dì zhèn jú earthquake bureau 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 出入境检验检疫局 出入境檢驗檢疫局 chū rù jìng jiǎn yàn jiǎn yì jú entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau 局级 局級 jú jí (administrative) bureau-level 质检局 質檢局 zhì jiǎn jú quarantine bureau / quality inspection office 署 shǔ office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange syn 监理所 監理所 jiān lǐ suǒ inspection and control bureau 国家地震局 國家地震局 guó jiā dì zhèn jú China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] 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] 首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc) syn 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn 上将 上將 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head / chief syn 主编 主編 zhǔ biān editor in chief 执政官 執政官 zhí zhèng guān consul (of the Roman Republic) / magistrate (chief administrator) 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal / commander-in-chief syn 元凶 yuán xiōng chief offender / main culprit syn 统帅 統帥 tǒng shuài command / commander-in-chief syn 科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief / CL:個|个[ge4] 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 总编 總編 zǒng biān chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑 syn 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 次长 次長 cì zhǎng deputy chief 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon 区长 區長 qū zhǎng district chief 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 总编辑 總編輯 zǒng biān jí chief editor (of newspaper) syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) 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] 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 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 祸首 禍首 huò shǒu chief offender / main culprit syn 西皮 xī pí one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2] 罪魁 zuì kuí criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem syn 主帅 主帥 zhǔ shuài (military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach syn 中心主任 Chief of Centre 办公室主任 辦公室主任 bàn gōng shì zhǔ rèn Chief of Office 首席执行官 首席執行官 shǒu xí zhí xíng guān chief executive officer (CEO) 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) 副处长 副處長 Deputy Chief of Branch 行政长官 行政長官 xíng zhèng zhǎng guān chief executive / magistrate 副厅长 副廳長 fù tīng zhǎng Deputy Chief of Office 业务主管 業務主管 chief operating officer 副司长 副司長 fù sī cháng Deputy Chief of Division 乡长 鄉長 xiāng zhǎng village chief / mayor (of village or township) 将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn 董建华 董建華 dǒng jiàn huá Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005 执行长 執行長 zhí xíng zhǎng (Tw) chief executive 党主席 黨主席 dǎng zhǔ xí party chief 特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn 首席代表 shǒu xí dài biǎo chief representative 魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn 副科长 副科長 fù kē cháng Deputy Chief of Section 何厚铧 何厚鏵 hé hòu huá He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009 酋长国 酋長國 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn 魁 kuí chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart syn 酋 qiú tribal chief syn 莫迪 mò dí Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014 吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community 二黄 二黃 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2] syn 军事新闻主任 軍事新聞主任 chief military information officer / chief military public information officer / chief military press information officer 联合国演讲事务处 聯合國演講事務處 United Nations Speakers Bureau / Speakers Bureau 韦尔弗雷兹 韋爾弗雷茲 wéi ěr fú léi zī (George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek) 