科室 (kē shì) — department; office (in a hospital, company, or institution)

Definition

Refers to an administrative or functional unit (department, office, section) inside a larger institution such as a hospital, company, or government body — the building block below the whole organization.

noun
departmentoffice (in a hospital, company, or institution)
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Examples

  • 科室
    Tā zài yī yuàn de kē shì gōng zuò, fù zé xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ.
    He works in a hospital department, responsible for administrative management.
  • 科室
    Zhè ge gōng sī de kē shì fēn bù zài bù tóng lóu céng.
    The departments of this company are distributed on different floors.
  • 科室
    Měi gè kē shì dōu yǒu dú lì de bàn gōng qū yù.
    Each department has its own independent office area.

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