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司
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Definitions
- 1. to take charge of
- 2. to manage
- 3. department (under a ministry)
Example Sentences
1 shown湯姆喜歡起 司 。
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Words Containing 司
your company
arms company
Johnson & Johnson
DHL
Hewlett-Packard
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
a common occurrence (idiom)
joint-stock company
(acting) cast (loanword)
commanding officer
ancient Chinese compass
Chevron Corporation
the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China)
British telecom
company meeting
China National Petroleum Corporation
second in command
multinational
Air France
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
priest
shell company; shell corporation
Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
Chevron Corporation
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
flag carrier
securities company
corporate governance
Northwest Airlines
Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company)
foreign company
judicial
the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
subsidiary company
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[měi lì xīn shì jiè]
bus crew
The Coca-Cola Company
driver-guide
jurisdiction
commander
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
pharmacist
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
master of ceremonies (MC)
aspirin (loanword)
Microsoft Corporation
subsidiary (company)
China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)
Caterpillar Inc.
driver-guide
Apple Inc.
romance (loanword)
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
line judge (tennis etc)
joint-stock company
our company (polite)
startup company
Sun Microsystems
sushi
subsidiary company
Alstom (company name)
taxi driver
boss
judicial independence
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
General Motors
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
limited company
International Finance Corporation
headquarters
China Mass Media International Advertising Corp
lawsuit
Zeiss Company (Carl Zeiss AG, optical and opto-electronic industries. hq in Oberkochen, Germany)
life insurance company
mescaline (loanword)
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
Qualcomm
department store
Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)
Scott (name)
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc)
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC)
carbocysteine
Grand Minister of Agriculture in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi]
Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards
Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晉|晋[jìn] after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝|晋武帝[jìn wǔ dì]
club sandwich
company finance
Ismail (name)
related company
Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company, Ltd., established 1997
commander-in-chief
Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
High Priest
sliced bread (loanword from \toast\)
parent company
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
joint-stock limited company
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
to file a lawsuit
corporations law; company law; corporate law
Wuhan Iron and Steel
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì], known as the father of Chinese historiography
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Unicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中國聯通|中国联通[zhōng guó lián tōng]
Procter & Gamble
Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
state enterprise
United Technologies Corporation
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
commander
bureau chief
emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部)
State Grid Corporation of China
American Airlines
company; firm; corporation
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[qí guó] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[sī mǎ fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
cheesecake
corporate bonds (finance)
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
subsidiary
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
British Petroleum, BP
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān]
British Broadcasting Corporation
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
Stendhal
Shell (oil company)
wholly owned subsidiary
China Airlines (Taiwan)
airline
air commodore
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
trading company
scone (loanword)
(dialect) cook; chef
general headquarters
large company
inarizushi (pouch of fried tofu typically filled with rice)
East India Company
listed company
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
sliced bread (loanword from \toast\)
Air China Ltd.
CITIC
transnational corporation
Siemens AG
to work solely on
Bridgestone (tire company)
to face legal action
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
judicial officer
Sphinx (Egyptian mythical beast)
chauffeur
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
parent company
cashmere (loanword)
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
AT&T
(literary) officials
stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
one's immediate superior
priestcraft
priest
priest
your company (polite)
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[sī mǎ ráng jū]
hell
Chrysler
Riesling (grape type)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
sauce (loanword)
Air India
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
ounce (British imperial system) (loanword)
lit. briefcase company
bass (loanword)
judicial authorities