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 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 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 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community 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 社区 社區 shè qū community / neighborhood 群体 群體 qún tǐ community / colony syn 败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community / degenerate syn 小区 小區 xiǎo qū housing estate / community / neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 族群 zú qún ethnic group / community 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 共同体 共同體 gòng tóng tǐ community syn 警民 jǐng mín the police and the community 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 生活区 生活區 shēng huó qū living community 国际社会 國際社會 guó jì shè huì the international community 社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 社区服务 社區服務 shè qū fù wù community service 社群 shè qún community / social grouping 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 虚拟社区 虛擬社區 xū nǐ shè qū virtual community 公益金 gōng yì jīn public welfare funds / community chest 共同财产 共同財產 gòng tóng cái chǎn community property 书坛 書壇 shū tán the calligraphic community syn 僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk 新市镇 新市鎮 xīn shì zhèn new town / planned community 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 