药监局

Traditional form:

藥監局

Pinyin (reading):

Yàojiānjú

Definitions:

• State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)
• abbr. for 國家食品藥品監督管理局／国家食品药品监督管理局 ( Guójiā Shípǐn Yàopǐn Jiāndū Guǎnlǐjú)

Characters:

• 药 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
• 监 - to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation

Traditional characters:

• 藥 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
• 監 - to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation