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 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 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office syn 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 联营 聯營 lián yíng joint venture / under joint management 气象台 氣象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office / weather forecasting office 传达室 傳達室 chuán dá shì reception office / janitor's office syn 罢官 罷官 bà guān to dismiss from office / to resign from office syn 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 监察局 監察局 jiān chá jú inspection office / supervisory office 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn 集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 接头 接頭 jiē tóu connector / joint / coupling / (coll.) to contact / to get in touch with / to have knowledge of / to be familiar with syn 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 共谋 共謀 gòng móu to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy syn 脱臼 脫臼 tuō jiù dislocation (of a joint) 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn 联席会议 聯席會議 lián xí huì yì joint conference 连带 連帶 lián dài to be related / to entail / to involve / joint (liability etc) 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 对接 對接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components) syn 股份公司 gǔ fèn gōng sī joint-stock company 牙关 牙關 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint 合资 合資 hé zī joint venture 合演 hé yǎn to act together / to put on a joint performance 膝关节 膝關節 xī guān jié knee joint syn 会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing / to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 合股 hé gǔ joint stock / ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn) syn 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn 三通 sān tōng T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links 骨节 骨節 gǔ jié joint (of the skeleton) syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation 联保 聯保 lián bǎo joint guarantee (finance, law) 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 结点 結點 jié diǎn joint / node 合营 合營 hé yíng to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 合击 合擊 hé jī combined assault / to mount a joint attack syn 公决 公決 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum syn 共赴 gòng fù joint participation / to go together 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 焊点 焊點 hàn diǎn welding point / (electronics) solder joint 铆接 鉚接 mǎo jiē to join with rivets / to rivet / riveted joint syn 万向节 萬向節 wàn xiàng jié universal joint system 公私合营 公私合營 gōng sī hé yíng joint public private operation 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office 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 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 宣誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 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 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office 检察院 檢察院 jiǎn chá yuàn prosecutor's office / procuratorate syn 分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 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 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 上任 shàng rèn to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn 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 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 票房 piào fáng box 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 总署 總署 zǒng shǔ general office 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 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) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 研究室 yán jiū shì Office of Research 维奇 維奇 wéi qí Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555) / phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names 解职 解職 jiě zhí to dismiss from office / to discharge / to sack syn 售票处 售票處 shòu piào chù ticket office 分公司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office syn 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China syn 卫生局 衛生局 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene 