公署

gōngshǔ

noun #37,671

Meanings

1 government office
2 administrative bureau

Characters

public; official

Examples

HSK 4

他在县公署工作了三十年。

Tā zài xiàn gōngshǔ gōngzuò le sānshí nián.

He worked at the county government office for thirty years.

HSK 7-9

香港特别行政区行政长官办公署设在中环。

Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū Xíngzhèng Zhǎngguān bàn gōngshǔ shè zài Zhōnghuán.

The Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office is located in Central.

Tips

register

Formal/legal register. 公署 mostly appears in titles of bureaus and historical/Republican-era county offices (县公署). Modern PRC bureaucracy prefers 局, 办公室, or 委员会; 公署 survives in Hong Kong/Macau official names.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

署 shǔ