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部门bù méndepartment

HSK 4word

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部门 (bù mén) means "department," "branch," "section," or "division," a unit inside a company, school, or government that handles one area of work, as in 销售部门 (sales department). It is counted with 个, as in 一个部门 (one department), and often appears when people talk about where someone works.

What does 部门 mean?

  1. 1.

    departmentnoun

  2. 2.

    branchnoun

  3. 3.

    sectionnoun

What do the characters in 部门 mean?

  • 部department
  • 门(bound form) class; category; division; phylum

How do you use 部门?

部门 can follow a word naming the work area, and 哪个部门 asks which department someone is in.

What are some examples of 部门 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 4

    你在哪个部门工作？

    Nǐ zài nǎge bùmén gōngzuò?

    Which department do you work in?

  2. HSK 4

    我们部门有十个同事。

    Wǒmen bùmén yǒu shí ge tóngshì.

    Our department has ten coworkers.

  3. HSK 4

    这件事要问别的部门。

    Zhè jiàn shì yào wèn bié de bùmén.

    You need to ask another department about this.

How is 部门 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    听说你换工作了？

    Tīngshuō nǐ huàn gōngzuò le?

    I heard you changed jobs?

  2. Speaker B:

    没换公司，只是换了一个部门。

    Méi huàn gōngsī, zhǐshì huànle yí ge bùmén.

    Not the company, I just moved to a different department.

  3. Speaker A:

    新部门怎么样？

    Xīn bùmén zěnmeyàng?

    How's the new department?

  4. Speaker B:

    同事都很好，就是比以前忙。

    Tóngshì dōu hěn hǎo, jiùshì bǐ yǐqián máng.

    The coworkers are all nice, it's just busier than before.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.