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部门

bù mén

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 部門 Measure word 个

部门 (bù mén) means "department". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 部门 means

1. department
2. branch
3. section
4. division

The characters in 部门

• 部bùministry; department; section
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Example sentences

• 谁负责这个部门？
  Who's in charge of this section?
• 谁负责销售部门？
  Who's in charge of the sales section?
• 他负责这个部门。
  He's in charge of the department.
• 他是我部门的主管。
  Tā shì wǒ bùmén de zhǔguǎn.
  He is the chief of my department.
• 凯利主持新闻部门。
  Kǎilì zhǔchí xīnwén bùmén.
  Kelly carries the news department.
• 玩具部门在第五层。
  The toy department is on the fifth floor.

Words containing 部门

• 行政部门xíng zhèng bù ménadministrative department; administration; executive (government branch)
• 人事部门rén shì bù ménpersonnel office
• 海关部门hǎi guān bù méncustoms section
• 军事部门jūn shì bù ménmilitary branch

Where 部门 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù mén correctly.
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