铁道部

Traditional form:

鐵道部

Pinyin (reading):

Tiědàobù

Definitions:

• Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部／交通运输部 ( Jiāotōng Yùnshūbù)

Characters:

• 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

Traditional characters:

• 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 部 - department, ministry; division, unit; part, section