Chinese symbol for “headquarters”
总部
zǒng bù
Traditional: 總部
headquarters
The closest CC-CEDICT match for headquarters is 总部 (zǒng bù), defined as: headquarters.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “headquarters”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 指挥部 (指揮部) | zhǐ huī bù | headquarters; command post |
| 司令部 | sī lìng bù | headquarters; military command center |
| 大本营 (大本營) | dà běn yíng | headquarters; base camp |
| 本部 | běn bù | headquarters; head office |
| 总社 (總社) | zǒng shè | head office; headquarters |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 总部.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总统 (總統) | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) |
| 总是 (總是) | zǒng shì | always |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 总之 (總之) | zǒng zhī | in a word; in short |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 全部 | quán bù | whole; all |
See also: Japanese symbol for “headquarters”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.