政治部

zhèngzhìbù

noun #72,874

Measure Word

一个政治部 gè

Meanings

1 political department
2 political work department (in the PLA or Party-affiliated institutions)

Characters

politics / government

department / ministry

Examples

HSK 6

他在部队政治部工作了十年。

Tā zài bùduì zhèngzhìbù gōngzuò le shí nián.

He worked in the army's political department for ten years.

HSK 7-9

政治部负责思想教育和人事管理。

Zhèngzhìbù fùzé sīxiǎng jiàoyù hé rénshì guǎnlǐ.

The political department handles ideological education and personnel management.

Tips

history

In the PLA, every major unit has a 政治部 running parallel to the military command - it handles Party work, propaganda, and cadre appointments. The system traces back to Soviet Red Army commissars of the 1920s.

Stroke Order

政 zhèng

治 zhì

部 bù