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 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) 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 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 策划 策劃 cè huà to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner 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 计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning 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) 精打细算 精打細算 jīng dǎ xì suàn meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 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 心算 xīn suàn mental arithmetic / to calculate in one's head / planning / preparation 宣传部 宣傳部 xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department 运筹帷幄 運籌帷幄 yùn chóu wéi wò lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom) / fig. planning strategies syn 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 政治部 zhèng zhì bù political division / cadre department 裁撤 cái chè to dissolve (a department etc) / to eliminate (positions) syn 城市规划 城市規劃 chéng shì guī huà town planning 计生 計生 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育 中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 国家计委 國家計委 guó jiā jì wěi PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 财务部 財務部 cái wù bù Finance Department 战略规划 戰略規劃 strategic planning 设计规范 設計規範 shè jì guī fàn design norm / planning regulations 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 神机妙算 神機妙算 shén jī miào suàn divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom) / clever scheme / supremely clever in his schemes syn 一年之计在于春 一年之計在於春 yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success 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 经济及规划司 經濟及規劃司 Economic and Planning Department 