部门 meaning and pronunciation

部门
Simplified word
部門
Traditional word

部门 English definition

bù mén

  • department
  • branch
  • section
  • division
  • CL:个

HSK level


Characters

  • (bù): ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc;
  • (mén): gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate);