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

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.

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.

Tips

usage

厅 (tīng) denotes a provincial-level bureau directly under a provincial government; the national counterpart is 部 (bù, ministry) — 卫生部, and the municipal one is 局 (jú) — 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