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head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: / the business world
HSK 1
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  *部* | 部* | *部
ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
HSK 3
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  *系* | 系* | *系
system / department / faculty
HSK 3
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  *處* | 處* | *處
(bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point
HSK 4
department / branch / section / division / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *廳* | 廳* | *廳
(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department
HSK 5
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  *股* | 股* | *股
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 / 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
HSK 6
inpatient department
to establish (a unit or department) / authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)
HSK 6
Minister of Education / Director of Education Department
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
department head / section chief
HSK 6
to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
HSK 7-9
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
superstore – a hybrid retail format combining department store 商場|商场 (branded goods) and supermarket 超市 (self-service groceries)
Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
department of chemistry
Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense
neurology department
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
department store
department store
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  *司* | 司* | *司
to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)
police station / police department / police headquarters
(CCP) Organization Department (abbr. for 中共中央組織部|中共中央组织部)
Propaganda Department
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位 "school-centered approach")
fire brigade / fire department
administrative department / administration / executive (government branch)
anglophone / English department
pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department)
selfish departmentalism / departmental selfishness
Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
US Department of State
outpatient department
department of transport
auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office
Isetan, Japanese department store
provincial department of civil affairs
planning department
Physical Education department
to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
(provincial) department of environmental protection
(provincial) department of agriculture
human resources department
(provincial) department of education
police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局
department store
(provincial) department of finance
propaganda department
Department of Trade / Department of Commerce
(administrative) department-level
to enroll without declaring one's major or department (in one's first year(s) of university)
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)
information services department
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  *曹* | 曹* | *曹
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China / abbr. to 中組部|中组部
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability
kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
(department of) ophthalmology
department
Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agriculture
Alsace, French department
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
to dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)
bazaar / department store / general store
US Department of Energy (DOE)
Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
super-ministry system (reform aimed at streamlining government department functions)
(provincial) department of health
maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics
Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China
(Tw) (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit; to jointly appoint (sb)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
political division / cadre department
Marine Department (Hong Kong)
(US) Department of Homeland Security
person in charge of a (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 discipline monitor
intensive care department (of hospital)
fire department
intensive care department (of hospital)
Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department
Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations)
clinic / outpatient department (or consulting room)
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department)
CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw)
retail department / section of a retail store
head of a (university) department; department chair
(government) department
United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)

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