职能 zhínéng function
function; role
How to remember 职能: 职 duty + 能 able to = function.
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How it is used
- The 'function/role' of an organization or thing - 政府职能 (zhèngfǔ zhínéng) the functions of government; 职能部门 (zhínéng bùmén) functional department.
- About the proper duties/purpose an entity performs, more institutional than 功能 (gōngnéng, function of a device/object).
- Formal register, common in administration.