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 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 公民 gōng mín citizen syn 义务 義務 yì wù duty / obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]) / volunteer (work etc) syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot 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 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 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 义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty) syn 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 值班室 zhí bān shì Duty Room 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty syn 入籍 rù jí to become naturalized / to become a citizen 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility 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 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 活雷锋 活雷鋒 huó léi fēng selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] 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 捐税 捐稅 juān shuì tax / levy / duty / impost syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 退居二线 退居二線 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post) syn 乐不思蜀 樂不思蜀 lè bù sī shǔ indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) syn 深明大义 深明大義 shēn míng dà yì to have a high notion of one's duty / to be highly principled syn 值夜 zhí yè on night duty syn 职分 職分 zhí fèn duty syn 躲懒 躲懶 duǒ lǎn to shy away from work / to get by without attending duty syn 仁义道德 仁義道德 rén yì dào dé compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom) / all the traditional virtues / mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical 守土有责 守土有責 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé duty to defend the country (idiom) 昏定晨省 hūn dìng chén xǐng seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty) 特勤 tè qín special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions) / person on special duty 以零关税、免配额方式进入市场 以零關稅、免配額方式進入市場 duty-free and quota-free access to the markets / duty-free and quota-free market access 溺职 溺職 nì zhí to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty 人权和公民权宣言 人權和公民權宣言 rén quán hè gōng mín quán xuān yán Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 公民动议 gōng mín dòng yì citizen initiative / initiative 公民媒体 gōng mín méi tǐ citizen media 全球公民奖 全球公民獎 quán qiú gōng mín jiǎng Global Citizen Award 公民新闻 公民新聞 gōng mín xīn wén citizen journalism 保护公民与公民安全研究所 保護公民與公民安全研究所 Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen 解决公民与国家冲突讲习班 解決公民與國家沖突講習班 Workshop on Conflict Resolution between the Citizen and the State 公民武装力量地区部队 公民武裝力量地區部隊 Citizen's Armed Forces Geographical Units 老年公民 senior citizen 世界公民参与联盟 世界公民參與聯盟 World Alliance for Citizen Participation 拍客 pāi kè citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web) 单非 單非 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen 二等公民 èr děng gōng mín second-class citizen 儤 bào on night duty 坐班 zuò bān to work office hours / on duty syn 上夜 shàng yè to be on night duty 