卫生厅

衛生廳

wèishēngtīng

noun

Measure Word

一个卫生厅 gè

Meanings

1 provincial department of health
2 health bureau (province level)

Characters

to guard, to defend

life, to be born

hall; (provincial) department

Examples

HSK 1

他在卫生厅工作了二十年。

Tā zài wèishēngtīng gōngzuò le èrshí nián.

He worked at the department of health for twenty years.

HSK 7-9

省卫生厅发布了最新的防疫通知。

Shěng wèishēngtīng fābù le zuìxīn de fángyì tōngzhī.

The provincial department of health issued the latest epidemic prevention notice.

Tips

usage

厅 denotes a provincial-level bureau directly under a provincial government; the national counterpart is 部 (ministry), as in 卫生部, and the municipal one is 局, as in 卫生局. So 卫生部 > 卫生厅 > 卫生局 in the admin hierarchy.

Stroke Order

卫 wèi

生 shēng

厅 tīng