工部

Gōngbù

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ministry of Works, one of the Six Ministries of imperial China, in charge of building and public works

Characters

work; construction

ministry; board

Examples

HSK 7-9

修建皇陵的工程由工部负责。

Xiūjiàn huánglíng de gōngchéng yóu Gōngbù fùzé.

Building the imperial tombs was the job of the Ministry of Works.

HSK 7-9

杜甫做过工部员外郎，所以后人称他“杜工部”。

Dù Fǔ zuò guo Gōngbù yuánwàiláng, suǒyǐ hòurén chēng tā " Dù Gōngbù ".

Du Fu once held a post in the Ministry of Works, so later generations called him 'Du Gongbu'.

Tips

history

Its nickname from the 周礼 was 冬官, the Office of Winter. It ran the building of palaces, city walls and imperial tombs, canals and dykes, state workshops and the mint. In 1906 it was merged into a new ministry of agriculture, industry and commerce.

Stroke Order

工 gōng

部 bù