# 机关 (jīguān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 机关 (jīguān) means “government office; agency; mechanism”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: government office; agency; mechanism
- Pinyin: jīguān (ji1 guan1)
- Traditional: 機關
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我哥哥在一家政府机关工作。
  Wǒ gēge zài yì jiā zhèngfǔ jīguān gōngzuò.
  My older brother works at a government agency.

## Characters

- 机 (jī): machine; mechanism; aircraft
- [关](https://hanziro.com/word/guan-close/) (guān): to close; to turn off

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-guan-government-office/

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