里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 军人 軍人 jūn rén serviceman / soldier / military personnel syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 服务员 服務員 fú wù yuán waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 医护 醫護 yī hù doctors and nurses / medic / medical (personnel) syn 退役 tuì yì (of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned syn 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 调动 調動 diào dòng to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn 人事部 rén shì bù personnel office / human resources (HR) 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 病号 病號 bìng hào sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel syn 借调 借調 jiè diào to temporarily transfer (personnel) 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 抽调 抽調 chōu diào to transfer (personnel or material) 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 征调 征調 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc) 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 教练员 教練員 jiào liàn yuán sports coach / training personnel syn 罗致 羅緻 luó zhì to employ / to recruit (talented personnel) / to gather together (a team) syn 人事部门 人事部門 rén shì bù mén personnel office 病员 病員 bìng yuán sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 研究人员 研究人員 yán jiū rén yuán research worker / research personnel 医护人员 醫護人員 yī hù rén yuán medical personnel / doctors and nurses 医务人员 醫務人員 yī wù rén yuán medical personnel 人事管理 rén shì guǎn lǐ personnel management 换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution 保安人员 保安人員 bǎo ān rén yuán security personnel / member of police force 挖角 wā jué to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3] 人事科 rén shì kē Personnel Section 秒 miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 招待员 招待員 zhāo dài yuán service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc syn 装甲运兵车 裝甲運兵車 zhuāng jiǎ yùn bīng chē armoured personnel carrier / armoured troop carrier 两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn 英里 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 马克 馬克 mǎ kè mark (monetary unit) 英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) 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 贝克 貝克 bèi kè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3]) 突击队 突擊隊 tū jī duì commando unit 市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 里拉 lǐ lā lira (monetary unit) (loanword) 归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life 推进器 推進器 tuī jìn qì propeller / propulsion unit / thruster 日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2] 牛顿 牛頓 niú dùn newton (SI unit of force) 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) 机组 機組 jī zǔ flight crew (on a plane) / unit (apparatus) 敢死队 敢死隊 gǎn sǐ duì suicide squad / kamikaze unit 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 比索 bǐ suǒ (loanword) peso (monetary unit) 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 冷藏室 lěng cáng shì walk-in refrigeration unit 蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn 组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 赫兹 赫茲 hè zī hertz (Hz), unit of frequency 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 拉德 lā dé rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) 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 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 法拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword) 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 单价 單價 dān jià unit price 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 高斯 gāo sī gauss, unit of magnetic induction 番号 番號 fān hào number of military unit 华里 華里 huá lǐ li (Chinese unit of distance) 立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume) 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 配属 配屬 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit syn 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 下调 下調 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit 日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4] 施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 流明 liú míng lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) 编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 市辖区 市轄區 shì xiá qū city district (county-level administrative unit) 