任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 传达室 傳達室 chuán dá shì reception office / janitor's office syn 罢官 罷官 bà guān to dismiss from office / to resign from office syn 广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013) 监察局 監察局 jiān chá jú inspection office / supervisory office 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 管理 guǎn lǐ to supervise / to manage / to administer / management / administration / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action syn 司法 sī fǎ judicial / (administration of) justice 行政 xíng zhèng administration / (attributive) administrative / executive 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 过渡 過渡 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) syn 市政 shì zhèng municipal administration 中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center / hub / the central administration syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 县政府 縣政府 xiàn zhèng fǔ county administration / county regional government 教务 教務 jiào wù educational administration 行政部门 行政部門 xíng zhèng bù mén administrative department / administration / executive (government branch) 施政 shī zhèng administration syn 划归 劃歸 huà guī to incorporate / to put under (external administration) 清明 qīng míng clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered syn 党政 黨政 dǎng zhèng Party and government administration syn 民政 mín zhèng civil administration 余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration) syn 海关总署 海關總署 hǎi guān zǒng shǔ General Administration of Customs (GAC) 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 行政管理 xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ administration / administrative management 药监局 藥監局 yào jiān jú State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) / abbr. for 國家食品藥品監督管理局|国家食品药品监督管理局[Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao4 pin3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 ju2] 国家环保总局 國家環保總局 guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú (PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4] 司法行政 administration of justice 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 中国民航 中國民航 zhōng guó mín háng General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) 工商管理硕士 工商管理碩士 gōng shāng guǎn lǐ shuò shì Master of Business Administration (MBA) 国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) 新闻出版总署 新聞出版總署 xīn wén chū bǎn zǒng shǔ General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization) 商业管理 商業管理 shāng yè guǎn lǐ business administration 国家文物局 國家文物局 guó jiā wén wù jú PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) 国家海洋局 國家海洋局 guó jiā hǎi yáng jú State Oceanic Administration (PRC) 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 美宇航局 měi yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / abbr. for 美國宇航局|美国宇航局 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 宣誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office 检察院 檢察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office / procuratorate syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 参选 參選 cān xuǎn to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 票房 piào fáng box office 东山再起 東山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback syn 总署 總署 zǒng shǔ general office 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 人事部 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 研究室 yán jiū shì Office of Research 维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names 解职 解職 jiě zhí to dismiss from office / to discharge / to sack syn 售票处 售票處 shòu piào chù ticket office 分公司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office syn 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China syn 卫生局 衛生局 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene 下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological office 引退 yǐn tuì to retire from office / to resign syn 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 