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Definitions

  1. 1. ministry
  2. 2. department
  3. 3. section
  4. 4. part
  5. 5. division
  6. 6. troops
  7. 7. board
  8. 8. classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Example Sentences

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他負責這個 門。
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Words Containing 部

韧皮部
rèn pí bù

phloem

铨叙部
quán xù bù

Ministry of Civil Service, Taiwan

武装部队
wǔ zhuāng bù duì

armed forces

政治部
zhèng zhì bù

political division

铁道部
tiě dào bù

Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[jiāo tōng yùn shū bù]

总指挥部
zǒng zhǐ huī bù

general headquarters

局部作用域
jú bù zuò yòng yù

(computing) local scope

西部
xī bù

western part

高音部
gāo yīn bù

upper register

大部分
dà bù fen

in large part

腹部绞痛
fù bù jiǎo tòng

abdominal cramping

住房和城乡建设部
zhù fáng hé chéng xiāng jiàn shè bù

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)

声部
shēng bù

part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part

真理部
zhēn lǐ bù

Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

吏部
lì bù

Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

内部事务
nèi bù shì wù

internal affairs

西部片
xī bù piàn

Western (film)

局部性
jú bù xìng

local

部落
bù luò

tribe

人事部
rén shì bù

personnel office

全部
quán bù

whole; all

监察部
jiān chá bù

Ministry of Supervision (MOS)

国防部
guó fáng bù

Defense Department

总部
zǒng bù

general headquarters

大众部
dà zhòng bù

Mahasanghika (branch of Buddhism)

行政部门
xíng zhèng bù mén

administrative department

北宋四大部书
běi sòng sì dà bù shū

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

PA部
p a bù

hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean

面部
miàn bù

face (body part)

军事部门
jūn shì bù mén

military branch

正确处理人民内部矛盾
zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957

考选部
kǎo xuǎn bù

Ministry of Examination, Taiwan

前部皮层下损伤
qián bù pí céng xià sǔn shāng

anterior subcortical lesions

传道部
chuán dào bù

mission

部长级会议
bù zhǎng jí huì yì

minister level conference

绝大部分
jué dà bù fen

overwhelming majority

大部
dà bù

most of

礼部尚书
lǐ bù shàng shū

Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

部件
bù jiàn

part

文部省
wén bù shěng

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry

喉部
hóu bù

neck

公安部
gōng ān bù

Ministry of Public Security

下腹部
xià fù bù

lower abdomen

华林部
huá lín bù

Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing

教育部长
jiào yù bù zhǎng

Minister of Education

人民内部矛盾
rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

内部网
nèi bù wǎng

intranet

上半部分
shàng bàn bù fèn

upper part

紫式部
zǐ shì bù

Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of \The Tale of Genji\",2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 139235,97935,palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism),2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 139236,97936,Zi Wei Dou Shu

海豹部队
hǎi bào bù duì

United States Navy SEALs

胸部
xiōng bù

chest

局部语境
jú bù yǔ jìng

local context

颚部
è bù

jaw

部长级
bù zhǎng jí

ministerial level (e.g. negotiations)

部委
bù wěi

ministries and commissions

春日部
chūn rì bù

Kasukabe, city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

南部县
nán bù xiàn

Nanbu county in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan

外部
wài bù

the outside; (attributive) external

东南部
dōng nán bù

southeast part

细部
xì bù

small part (of a whole ensemble)

司令部
sī lìng bù

headquarters

局部连贯性
jú bù lián guàn xìng

local coherence

刑部
xíng bù

Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)

部长
bù zhǎng

head of a (government etc) department

旧部
jiù bù

one's former subordinates

二部制
èr bù zhì

two shift system (in schools)

腹部
fù bù

abdomen

按部就班
àn bù jiù bān

to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)

前部
qián bù

front part

面部表情
miàn bù biǎo qíng

facial expression

总装备部
zǒng zhuāng bèi bù

General Armaments Department (GAD)

所部
suǒ bù

troops under one's command

外务部
wài wù bù

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty

分部
fēn bù

branch

北部湾
běi bù wān

Gulf of Tonkin

中共中央组织部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng zǔ zhī bù

Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China

上座部
shàng zuò bù

Theravada school of Buddhism

对外联络部
duì wài lián luò bù

CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)

司法部
sī fǎ bù

Ministry of Justice (PRC etc)

部队
bù duì

army

内部
nèi bù

interior

客户服务部
kè hù fú wù bù

customer service division

外交部
wài jiāo bù

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

中国人民武装警察部队
zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì

Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)

水利部
shuǐ lì bù

Ministry of Water Resources (PRC)

集部
jí bù

non-canonical text

总政治部
zǒng zhèng zhì bù

(military) General Political Department

民政部
mín zhèng bù

Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC

国防部长
guó fáng bù zhǎng

Defense secretary

局部连结网络
jú bù lián jié wǎng luò

local connectionist network

部长会
bù zhǎng huì

minister level conference

国安部
guó ān bù

PRC Ministry of State Security

身体部分
shēn tǐ bù fèn

body part

四部曲
sì bù qǔ

tetralogy

部类
bù lèi

category

抗震救灾指挥部
kàng zhèn jiù zāi zhǐ huī bù

State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters

南赡部洲
nán shàn bù zhōu

Jambudvipa

迭部
dié bù

Têwo or Diebu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

部下
bù xià

troops under one's command

农业部
nóng yè bù

Ministry of Agriculture

背部
bèi bù

back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)

快餐部
kuài cān bù

snack bar

上部
shàng bù

upper section

部分工时
bù fen gōng shí

part-time work

岛盖部
dǎo gài bù

pars perculairs

三部曲
sān bù qǔ

trilogy

部位
bù wèi

part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)

俱乐部
jù lè bù

club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)

组成部分
zǔ chéng bù fèn

part

特种部队
tè zhǒng bù duì

(military) special forces

局部
jú bù

part

一部分
yī bù fen

portion

腰部
yāo bù

waist

门市部
mén shì bù

retail department

队部
duì bù

office

内部斗争
nèi bù dòu zhēng

internal power struggle

乳部
rǔ bù

breasts

东部
dōng bù

the east

西北部
xī běi bù

northwest part

本部
běn bù

headquarters

战斗部
zhàn dòu bù

warhead

零部件
líng bù jiàn

spare part; component

东部时间
dōng bù shí jiān

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

尾部
wěi bù

back part

部属
bù shǔ

troops under one's command

户部尚书
hù bù shàng shū

Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)

统战部
tǒng zhàn bù

United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)

海关部门
hǎi guān bù mén

customs section

一小部分
yī xiǎo bù fèn

a small part

顶部
dǐng bù

roof

户部
hù bù

Ministry of Revenue in imperial China

南部
nán bù

southern part

中南部
zhōng nán bù

south central region

大部制
dà bù zhì

super-ministry system (reform aimed at streamlining government department functions)

阴部
yīn bù

genitalia

底部
dǐ bù

bottom

部首
bù shǒu

radical of a Chinese character

美国能源部
měi guó néng yuán bù

US Department of Energy (DOE)

指挥部
zhǐ huī bù

headquarters

夜间部
yè jiān bù

night school

财政部长
cái zhèng bù zhǎng

minister of finance

海部俊树
hǎi bù jùn shù

KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991

内政部
nèi zhèng bù

Ministry of the Interior

卫生部
wèi shēng bù

Ministry of Health

内务部
nèi wù bù

Ministry of Internal Affairs

吻部
wěn bù

snout

头部
tóu bù

head

肩部
jiān bù

shoulder

天龙八部
tiān lóng bā bù

Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[jīn yōng] and its TV and screen adaptations

内政部长
nèi zhèng bù zhǎng

Minister of the Interior

部署
bù shǔ

to dispose

总司令部
zǒng sī lìng bù

general headquarters

北部
běi bù

northern part

外部链接
wài bù liàn jiē

external link (on website)

木质部
mù zhì bù

xylem

迭部县
dié bù xiàn

Têwo or Diebu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

交通部
jiāo tōng bù

Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport

环保部
huán bǎo bù

Ministry of Environmental Protection

部分
bù fèn

part

男高音部
nán gāo yīn bù

tenor part

总参谋部
zǒng cān móu bù

(military) General Staff Headquarters

人事部门
rén shì bù mén

personnel office

保安部队
bǎo ān bù duì

security forces

文部
wén bù

Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[ní mǎ xiàn], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet

后部
hòu bù

back section

脸部表情
liǎn bù biǎo qíng

facial expression

总后勤部
zǒng hòu qín bù

(military) General Logistics Department

中西部
zhōng xī bù

midwest

头胸部
tóu xiōng bù

cephalothorax

人社部
rén shè bù

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC)

交通运输部
jiāo tōng yùn shū bù

PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)

宣传部
xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department

统一战线工作部
tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò bù

United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)

礼部
lǐ bù

Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)

部分
bù fen

part

部族
bù zú

tribe; clan

局部麻醉
jú bù má zuì

local anesthesia

臀部
tún bù

butt

内部矛盾
nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction

西南部
xī nán bù

southwest part

财政部
cái zhèng bù

Ministry of Finance

部首编排法
bù shǒu biān pái fǎ

dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals

正外部性
zhèng wài bù xìng

positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)

武警部队
wǔ jǐng bù duì

People's Armed Police

环境保护部
huán jìng bǎo hù bù

(PRC) Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

一部二十四史,不知从何说起
yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

文部乡
wén bù xiāng

Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[ní mǎ xiàn], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet

部长会议
bù zhǎng huì yì

minister level conference

脸部
liǎn bù

face

兵部
bīng bù

Ministry of War (in imperial China)

化学战斗部
huà xué zhàn dòu bù

chemical warhead

突起部
tū qǐ bù

bit sticking out

颈部
jǐng bù

neck

部门
bù mén

department

负外部性
fù wài bù xìng

negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)

小卖部
xiǎo mài bù

kiosk

中部
zhōng bù

middle part

工部
gōng bù

Ministry of Works (in imperial China)

中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China

部众
bù zhòng

troops

国土资源部
guó tǔ zī yuán bù

Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998

中共中央纪委监察部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì wěi jiān chá bù

party discipline committee

商务部
shāng wù bù

Department of Trade

副部长
fù bù zhǎng

assistant (government) minister

高空俱乐部
gāo kōng jù lè bù

Mile High Club

对外贸易经济合作部
duì wài mào yì jīng jì hé zuò bù

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)

外部连接
wài bù lián jiē

external link

地面部队
dì miàn bù duì

ground troops

礼宾部
lǐ bīn bù

concierge department of a hotel or resort

文化和旅游部
wén huà hé lǚ yóu bù

(PRC) Ministry of Culture and Tourism

核战斗部
hé zhàn dòu bù

nuclear warhead

残部
cán bù

defeated remnants

核工业部
hé gōng yè bù

Ministry of Nuclear Industry

支部
zhī bù

branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party

中共中央宣传部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

干部
gàn bù

cadre

阴离子部位
yīn lí zǐ bù wèi

anionic site

文宣部
wén xuān bù

propaganda department

中北部
zhōng běi bù

north central area

局部麻醉剂
jú bù má zuì jì

local anesthetic

住院部
zhù yuàn bù

inpatient department

国际米兰足球俱乐部
guó jì mǐ lán zú qiú jù lè bù

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

国家安全部
guó jiā ān quán bù

PRC Ministry of State Security

教育部
jiào yù bù

Ministry of Education

外交部长
wài jiāo bù zhǎng

minister of foreign affairs

国土安全部
guó tǔ ān quán bù

(US) Department of Homeland Security