接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn 间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 职责 職責 zhí zé duty / responsibility / obligation syn 义务 義務 yì wù duty / obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]) / volunteer (work etc) syn 会议室 會議室 huì yì shì meeting room / conference room 客厅 客廳 kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 客房 kè fáng guest room / room (in a hotel) 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn 报到 報到 bào dào to report for duty / to check in / to register syn 值班 zhí bān to work a shift / on duty syn 密室 mì shì a room for keeping sth hidden / secret room / hidden chamber 起居室 qǐ jū shì living room / sitting room syn 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 玩忽职守 玩忽職守 wán hū zhí shǒu to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty / malpractice syn 失职 失職 shī zhí to neglect one's duty / to be guilty of dereliction of duty syn 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 殉职 殉職 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn 专职 專職 zhuān zhí special duty / assigned full time to a task syn 渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing / failure to do one's duty syn 尽责 盡責 jìn zé to do one's duty / to do one's bit conscientiously syn 放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol syn 站岗 站崗 zhàn gǎng to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty syn 收发室 收發室 shōu fā shì mail room / radio room (i.e. reception and transmission) 守门 守門 shǒu mén to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous syn 天职 天職 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life syn 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 现役 現役 xiàn yì (military) active duty syn 机房 機房 jī fáng machine room / engine room / computer room 义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty) syn 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn 守备 守備 shǒu bèi to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty syn 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty syn 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room / bridal room syn 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 值日 zhí rì on day duty syn 尽义务 盡義務 jìn yì wù to fulfill one's duty / to work without asking for reward 印花税 印花稅 yìn huā shuì stamp duty 抚恤 撫恤 fǔ xù (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 朝觐 朝覲 cháo jìn to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam) syn 值班员 値班員 zhí bān yuán duty clerk 尽孝 盡孝 jìn xiào to do one's filial duty 当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office) 主要任务 主要任務 zhǔ yào rèn wu main task / principal duty 保税区 保稅區 bǎo shuì qū duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area 包房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 标准间 標準間 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 尽到 盡到 jìn dào to fulfill (one's duty etc) 完税 完稅 wán shuì to pay tax / duty-paid syn 反倾销税 反傾銷稅 fǎn qīng xiāo shuì countervailing duty 值守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch 当值 當值 dāng zhí to be on duty 亲赴 親赴 qīn fù to travel to (a place where duty calls) 本份 běn fèn one's duty 人人有责 人人有責 rén rén yǒu zé it is everyone's duty 值日生 zhí rì shēng student on duty / prefect 孝悌 xiào tì filial piety and fraternal duty 值 zhí value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty syn 职 職 zhí office / duty syn 扛 káng to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc) syn 责 責 zé duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame syn 放映室 fàng yìng shì cinema room / viewing room 开房间 開房間 kāi fáng jiān to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex 捐税 捐稅 juān shuì tax / levy / duty / impost syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 地方 dì fang area / place / space / room / territory / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 房间 房間 fáng jiān room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4] syn 关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 浴室 yù shì bathroom / shower room (CL:間|间[jian1]) / bathhouse syn 角落 jiǎo luò corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook syn 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 手术室 手術室 shǒu shù shì operating room 宿舍 sù shè dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL:間|间[jian1] 控制室 kòng zhì shì control room 书房 書房 shū fáng study (room) / studio / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 洗衣房 xǐ yī fáng laundry room