定位 dìng wèi to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche syn 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 留职 留職 liú zhí to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 头寸 頭寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position syn 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 龙飞 龍飛 lóng fēi to promote (to official position in former times) 差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn 紫袍 zǐ páo purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position 官名 guān míng name of job in Imperial bureaucracy / official position 官 guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 位置 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 处于 處於 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition) syn 姿势 姿勢 zī shì posture / position syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) syn 立场 立場 lì chǎng position / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地位 dì wèi position / status / place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn 官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government) / administrator syn 官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn 提升 提昇 tí shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve syn 培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology) syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 到位 dào wèi to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done) syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 得以 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view syn 分歧 fēn qí divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation syn 置于 zhì yú to place in / to put in (a position) syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 文书 文書 wén shū document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands 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 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 晋升 晉升 jìn shēng to promote to a higher position syn 立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position 谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) syn 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 阐述 闡述 chǎn shù to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) syn 架势 架勢 jià shi attitude / position (on an issue etc) syn 弹劾 彈劾 tán hé to impeach (an official) syn 高官 gāo guān high official 外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) 官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 公文 gōng wén official document syn 前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront syn 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 下风 下風 xià fēng leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 居高临下 居高臨下 jū gāo lín xià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude syn 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position syn 