司U+53F85 STROKES
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“To manage or take charge of; a department or unit within a larger organization; a surname.”
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- 公司ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙcompany; firm; corporation; a legally registered business entity organized for profit.
- 司法ㄙ ㄈㄚˇjudicial; relating to the administration of justice; courts and legal proceedings; (historical) official in charge of criminal law in Tang and Song dynasties
- 司機ㄙ ㄐㄧdriver of a vehicle; chauffeur; operator of machinery or equipment
- 上司ㄕㄤˋ ㄙboss; superior; higher-ranking official or manager one reports to at work.
- 官司ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙlawsuit; legal case; court proceedings; (archaic) official duties; government officials
- 百貨公司ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙdepartment store; large retail store selling a wide range of goods organized into sections; originated in France in the 1830s
- 司令ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋmilitary commander; commanding officer; high-ranking officer in charge of troops; (historical, Yuan dynasty) official in charge of a salt production site
- 分公司ㄈㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙbranch office; a local office or division of a larger company, typically without independent legal status.
- 起司ㄑㄧˇ ㄙcheese; a dairy product made from coagulated milk
- 司令官ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢcommander; officer in charge; high-ranking military officer who commands troops and issues orders
- 子公司ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙsubsidiary company; a company controlled or owned by a larger parent corporation.
- 司馬懿ㄙ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˋSima Yi (179–251), Cao Cao's strategist and regent of Wei; his grandson founded the Jin dynasty.
- 總公司ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙparent company; head office; the main office of a corporation, responsible for overall strategy and coordination of branches.
- 司法院ㄙ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋTaiwan's highest judicial branch; oversees civil, criminal, and administrative cases, constitutional interpretation, and party dissolution rulings.
- 司令部ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋmilitary headquarters; the command center where a commanding officer is stationed, such as a gendarmerie or garrison command.
- 壽司ㄕㄡˋ ㄙA Japanese dish; vinegared rice topped or rolled with raw fish, vegetables, or egg, often wrapped in seaweed.
- 總司令ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋthe highest-ranking military officer; the commander-in-chief of the armed forces during wartime
- 司長ㄙ ㄓㄤˇhead of a department or division in a central government ministry; e.g., the director of the Social Education Department under the Ministry of Education.
- 司馬ㄙ ㄇㄚˇa surname; a historical military official title; a star in Chinese astronomy
- 祭司ㄐㄧˋ ㄙa priest; a religious intermediary who leads or represents people in rituals and prayers to deities; a shaman or ritual specialist in some traditions
- 吐司ㄊㄨˇ ㄙsliced bread, usually from a loaf; toast; in Taiwan, often refers to the loaf itself
- 司法部ㄙ ㄈㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋMinistry of Justice; the government department responsible for legal affairs, prosecution, and judicial administration.
- 土司ㄊㄨˇ ㄙa type of toasted bread; a historical hereditary official title for minority leaders in southwestern China during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
- 母公司ㄇㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙparent company; a company that controls or owns other companies
- 司馬遷ㄙ ㄇㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢSima Qian (c. 145–86 BCE), Western Han historian; author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), China's first biographical history
- 打官司ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙto engage in a lawsuit; to litigate; broadly, to argue or dispute right and wrong
- 司改ㄙ ㄍㄞˇabbreviation for judicial reform; reform of the judicial system
- 司法官ㄙ ㄈㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢjudicial official; judge handling civil and criminal cases
- 卡司ㄎㄚˇ ㄙcast; lineup of actors in a film, show, or production
- 公司法ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ ㄈㄚˇlaw governing the formation, operation, dissolution, and internal and external relations of companies; company law; corporate law
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