街道办事处

Traditional form:

街道辦事處

Pinyin (reading):

jiēdàobànshìchù

Definitions:

• subdistrict office
• neighborhood official
• an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities

Characters:

• 街 - street, road, thoroughfare
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 办 - to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department

Traditional characters:

• 街 - street, road, thoroughfare
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 辦 - to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department