部 長 bù zhǎng : head of a (government, etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister

幹 事 gàn shi : administrative secretary (in charge of something)

國 防 部 長 guó fáng bù zhǎng : Defense secretary; Defense Minister

科 恩 kē ēn : Cohen (U.S. defense secretary)

秘 書 mì shū : secretary

秘 書 長 mì shū zhǎng : secretary-general

書 記 shū ji : secretary; clerk

外 長 wài zhǎng : foreign minister; secretary of state; minister of foreign affairs

一 秘 yí mì : first secretary

總 書 記 zǒng shū ji : general-secretary (of Communist Party)