| 书记 | shu1 ji4 | clerk |
| 部长 | bu4 zhang3 | Minister |
| 书 | shu1 | book |
| 国务 | guo2 wu4 | affairs of state |
| 秘书 | mi4 shu1 | Secretary |
| 希尔 | xi1 er3 | Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs |
| 赖斯 | lai4 si1 | Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 |
| 支书 | zhi1 shu1 | party branch secretary |
| 文书 | wen2 shu1 | secretary |
| 党委书记 | dang3 wei3 shu1 ji4 | Party Secretary |
| 干事 | gan4 shi4 | administrator |
| 副部长 | fu4 bu4 zhang3 | undersecretary |
| 安南 | an1 nan2 | old name for Vietnam |