办公厅 (bàn gōng tīng) — general office; secretariat (of a government or party organ)
Definition
The administrative hub inside a government or party body — handles daily coordination, documents, and seal-stamping, not a generic office building. In practice, "the 办公厅 of X" is the institutional general office / secretariat of that organization.
noun
general officesecretariat (of a government or party organ)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 办公厅。Guó wù yuàn bàn gōng tīng fù zé rì cháng xié tiáo gōng zuò.The General Office of the State Council is responsible for daily coordination.
- 办公厅。Tā diào dào le shěng wěi bàn gōng tīng gōng zuò.He was transferred to work in the Provincial Party Committee Secretariat.
- 办公厅。Zhè fèn wén jiàn xū yào sòng dào bàn gōng tīng gài zhāng.This document needs to be sent to the general office for stamping.
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