干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn 干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager syn 下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside syn 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 高干 高幹 gāo gàn high cadre / top party member syn 干校 幹校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4] 外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 提干 提幹 tí gàn to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre) syn 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 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] 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 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 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 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 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) 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) 律政司 lǜ zhèng sī Department of Justice (Hong Kong) 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 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 人事处 人事處 rén shì chù human resources department 门市部 門市部 mén shì bù retail department / section of a retail store syn 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 裁撤 cái chè to dissolve (a department etc) / to eliminate (positions) syn 中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 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 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] 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 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]) 农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 美国国务院 美國國務院 měi guó guó wù yuàn US Department of State 卫生署 衛生署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 中组部 中組部 zhōng zǔ bù (CCP) Organization Department (abbr. for 中共中央組織部|中共中央组织部[Zhong1gong4 Zhong1yang1 Zu3zhi1bu4]) 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 消防局 xiāo fáng jú fire department 金成 金晟 jīn chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office 总政治部 總政治部 zǒng zhèng zhì bù (military) General Political Department syn 英语系 英語系 yīng yǔ xì anglophone / English department 易初莲花 易初蓮花 yì chū lián huā Lotus (department store chain) 体育系 體育系 tǐ yù xì Physical Education department 住院部 zhù yuàn bù inpatient department 总后勤部 總後勤部 zǒng hòu qín bù (military) General Logistics Department 中央宣传部 中央宣傳部 zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù Central Propaganda Department (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]) 刘云山 劉雲山 liú yún shān Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 交通管理局 jiāo tōng guǎn lǐ jú department of transport 内务府 內務府 nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) 总装备部 總裝備部 zǒng zhuāng bèi bù General Armaments Department (GAD) 海事处 海事處 hǎi shì chù Marine Department (Hong Kong) 股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store syn 百货商店 百貨商店 bǎi huò shāng diàn department store syn 阿尔萨斯 阿爾薩斯 ā ěr sà sī Alsace, French department 经济部 經濟部 jīng jì bù Economic Department 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 门诊室 門診室 mén zhěn shì clinic / outpatient department (or consulting room) 王家瑞 wáng jiā ruì Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015 调干 調幹 diào gàn to reassign a cadre / to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre syn 五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4]) 五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]) 转干 轉幹 zhuǎn gàn to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor) 文职干部 文職幹部 non-ranking cadre 调干生 調幹生 diào gàn shēng worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling 主计室 主計室 zhǔ jì shì auditing department / accounting department / comptroller office 非洲联盟和平与安全部 非洲聯盟和平與安全部 African Union Peace and Security Department / Peace and Security Department 巴勒斯坦解放组织谈判事务部 巴勒斯坦解放組織談判事務部 Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department / PLO Negotiations Affairs Department 国土安全部 國土安全部 guó tǔ ān quán bù (US) Department of Homeland Security 科系 kē xì department 