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 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point 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 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] 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 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 文案 wén àn (newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary / clerk 宣誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow syn 撤下 chè xià to withdraw / to remove (from a place) / to remove from office 舍人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person 政教处 政教處 zhèng jiào chǔ political education office (within a school) (PRC) 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 中办 中辦 zhōng bàn General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]) 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 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 分公司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office syn 主管部门 主管部門 zhǔ guǎn bù mén office of primary interest 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 票房 piào fáng box office 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 检察院 檢察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office / procuratorate syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 办公厅 辦公廳 bàn gōng tīng general office 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office) 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 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) 卫生局 衛生局 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene 会所 會所 huì suǒ office of an association / meeting place / clubhouse / club syn 研究室 yán jiū shì Office of Research 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 办公室主任 辦公室主任 bàn gōng shì zhǔ rèn Chief of Office 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 文员 文員 wén yuán office worker / clerk 教研室 jiào yán shì teaching and research office syn 办公自动化 辦公自動化 bàn gōng zì dòng huà office automation 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names 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 营业时间 營業時間 yíng yè shí jiān business hours / opening hours / office hours 代表处 代表處 dài biǎo chù representative office 衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China syn 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 政府机关 政府機關 zhèng fǔ jī guān government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological 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 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 人事部门 人事部門 rén shì bù mén personnel office 上班时间 上班時間 shàng bān shí jiān working hours / office hours 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 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 售票处 售票處 shòu piào chù ticket office 届满 屆滿 jiè mǎn (of a term of office) to expire 总署 總署 zǒng shǔ general office 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job 审计署 審計署 shěn jì shǔ audit office / public accounts committee 监察局 監察局 jiān chá jú inspection office / supervisory office 办公大楼 辦公大樓 bàn gōng dà lóu office building 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 副厅长 副廳長 fù tīng zhǎng Deputy Chief of Office 撤职 撤職 chè zhí to eliminate / to sack / to remove from office syn 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 公证处 公證處 gōng zhèng chù notary office 工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 最高人民检察院 最高人民檢察院 zuì gāo rén mín jiǎn chá yuàn PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office) 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office 卸任 xiè rèn to leave office syn 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 新闻办公室 新聞辦公室 xīn wén bàn gōng shì Press Office 下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 卫生署 衛生署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 国台办 國臺辦 guó tái bàn Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]) 行署 xíng shǔ administrative office syn 公署 gōng shǔ government office syn 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 专利局 專利局 zhuān lì jú patent office 联络处 聯絡處 lián luò chù liaison office 留任 liú rèn to remain in office / to hold on to one's job 