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 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 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 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 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 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 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 调度 調度 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer / to give advice syn 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn 五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave 工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member 技术人员 技術人員 jì shù rén yuán technical staff 导购 導購 dǎo gòu shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff 科技人员 科技人員 kē jì rén yuán scientific and technical staff 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff 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 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 下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 气象局 氣象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau / meteorological office 引退 yǐn tuì to retire from office / to resign syn 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 撤职 撤職 chè zhí to eliminate / to sack / to remove from office syn 留任 liú rèn to remain in office / to hold on to one's job 工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 卸任 xiè rèn to leave office syn 公署 gōng shǔ government office syn 