委
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to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly
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Words with 委
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家文物委员会 | National Committee of Cultural Heritage | |
| 国家留学基金管理委员会 | China Scholarship Council (CSC) | |
| 全国人大常委会 | Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會常務委員會|全国人民代表大会常务委员… | |
| 全国人民代表大会常务委员会 | Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
| 爱国卫生运动委员会 | Patriotic Health Committee | |
| 工作委员会 | working committee | |
| 国家标准化管理委员会 | Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC) | |
| 管理委员会 | administrative committee; management committee | |
| 国家电力监管委员会 | State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC) | |
| 立法委员会 | legislative committee | |
| 国家计委 | PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4… | |
| 国防科学技术工业委员会 | Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND); abbr. to 國… | |
| 祖国和平统一委员会 | Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean) | |
| 小组委员会 | subcommittee | |
| 管委会 | administrative committee; management committee; abbr. for 管理委員會|管理委员会[guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2… | |
| 中国国民党革命委员会 | Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang | |
| 立法委员 | member of the Legislative Yuan (Tw) | |
| 委员会 | committee; commission | |
| 委员长 | head of a committee | |
| 军委会 | Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee; same as 軍委|军委 |
Sound family
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