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 印刷 yìn shuā to print / printing 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 版面 bǎn miàn page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout 小样 小樣 xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 油墨 yóu mò printing ink 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 印刷机 印刷機 yìn shuā jī printing press 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 版块 版塊 bǎn kuài printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum) 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 印刷术 印刷術 yìn shuā shù printing / printing technology 铅字 鉛字 qiān zì (printing) type / movable letters 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 手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press) 雕版 diāo bǎn a carved printing block syn 印染 yìn rǎn printing and dyeing syn 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 印刷业 印刷業 yìn shuā yè typography / printing business 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 彩印 cǎi yìn color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] 样张 樣張 yàng zhāng (printing) proof / specimen page / sample photograph / (fashion design) pattern sheet syn 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 罢官 罷官 bà guān to dismiss from office / to resign from office syn 套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images 套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images 勘误 勘誤 kān wù to correct printing errors syn 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 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 热敏 熱敏 rè mǐn heat-sensitive / thermal (printing) 王选 王選 wáng xuǎn Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator 胶印 膠印 jiāo yìn offset printing 数码冲印 數碼沖印 shù mǎ chōng yìn digital printing 木版 mù bǎn (printing) woodblock 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 横排 héng pái horizontal setting (printing) syn 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 铜版 銅版 tóng bǎn (printing) copperplate 石印 shí yìn lithography / lithographic printing 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 版 bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page syn 校样 校樣 jiào yàng proofs (printing) 排印 pái yìn typesetting and printing 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 付印 fù yìn to go to press / to submit for printing 支票打印机 支票打印機 cheque imprinting machine / cheque printing machine 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 下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 