住房和城乡建设部

Traditional form:

住房和城鄉建設部

Pinyin (reading):

Zhùfánghé Chéngxiāng Jiànshèbù

Definitions:

• Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)
• abbr. to 住建部 ( Zhù Jiànbù)

Characters:

• 住 - to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop
• 房 - building, house, room
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
• 乡 - country, village; rural
• 建 - to build, to erect; to establish, to found
• 设 - to build, to design; to establish; to offer
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

Traditional characters:

• 住 - to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop
• 房 - building, house, room
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
• 鄉 - country, village; rural
• 建 - to build, to erect; to establish, to found
• 設 - to build, to design; to establish; to offer
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section