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 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 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 光纤通信 光纖通信 fibre optic communications / optical fibre communications 通信局 tòng xìn jú Office of Communications 交通 jiāo tōng to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison syn 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 热线 熱線 rè xiàn hotline (communications link) syn 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 通信卫星 通信衛星 tōng xìn wèi xīng communications satellite 全球通 quán qiú tōng Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications) syn 交大 jiāo dà Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2] 通信技术 通信技術 tōng xìn jì shù communications technology 交通银行 交通銀行 jiāo tōng yín háng Bank of Communications 通信网络 通信網絡 tōng xìn wǎng luò communications network 数字通信 數字通信 shù zì tōng xìn digital communications 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 撤职 撤職 chè zhí to eliminate / to sack / to remove from office syn 留任 liú rèn to remain in office / to hold on to one's job 工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 卸任 xiè rèn to leave office syn 公署 gōng shǔ government office syn 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 办公厅 辦公廳 bàn gōng tīng general office 教研室 jiào yán shì teaching and research office syn 专利局 專利局 zhuān lì jú patent office 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 联络处 聯絡處 lián luò chù liaison office 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn 人事部门 人事部門 rén shì bù mén personnel office 报馆 報館 bào guǎn newspaper office syn 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 赋闲 賦閑 fù xián to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical syn 账房 賬房 zhàng fáng an accounts office (in former times) / an accountant / a cashier 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 届满 屆滿 jiè mǎn (of a term of office) to expire 赫德 hè dé Hart or Herd (name) / Robert Hart (1835-1911), Englishman who served 1863-1911 in Qing dynasty customs office 