| 情况 | qing2 kuang4 | situation |
| 状态 | zhuang4 tai4 | mode |
| 军事 | jun1 shi4 | military affairs |
| 外交 | wai4 jiao1 | diplomacy |
| 理 | li3 | truth |
| 事务 | shi4 wu4 | work |
| 国务 | guo2 wu4 | affairs of state |
| 希尔 | xi1 er3 | Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs |
| 人事 | ren2 shi4 | personnel |
| 办事 | ban4 shi4 | to handle affairs |
| 商务 | shang1 wu4 | business |
| 民事 | min2 shi4 | civil |
| 内政 | nei4 zheng4 | internal affairs |