部

Ministry in Chinese: 部 (bù)

bù

ministry

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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部

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 部 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他在这个部门工作。

    tā zài zhè ge bù mén gōng zuò。

    He works in this department.

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Related words

部分

bù fen

part

全部

quán bù

whole

部门

bù mén

department

北部

běi bù

northern part

部长

bù zhǎng

head of a (government etc) department

东部

dōng bù

the east

南部

nán bù

southern part

西部

xī bù

western part

中部

zhōng bù

middle part

内部

nèi bù

interior

胸部

xiōng bù

chest

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)

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