部门 bùmén department
department; branch; section; division
How to remember 部门: 部 section + 门 door = department.
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How it is used
- A department or division within an organization - a core workplace/institutional noun.
- 政府部门 (government department), 各部门 (all the various departments), 人事部门 (HR department).
- Used constantly in office and administrative Chinese, not in casual personal conversation.
- Pairs naturally with 负责人 - asking 这个部门的负责人是谁 is a very natural office question.
Example sentences
- 我管理这个部门。 Wǒ guǎnlǐ zhège bùmén.I'm in charge of this department.
- 谁负责这个部门？ Shuí fùzé zhège bùmén?Who's in charge of this section?
- 在我的部门里有七男四女。 Zài wǒ de bùmén lǐ yǒu qī nánsìnǚ.There are seven men and four women in my section.