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  guk6   jyutping
  ju2   pinyin
[1] [n] bureau; office; department
[2] [n] game; set; chessboard
[3] [n] situation; position; state of affairs
[4] [n] party; gathering; get-together
[5] [n] ruse; trap; trick
[6] [n] part; portion; partial
[7] [adj] constrained; confined; narrow

Tone change to guk6*2 is common (but often optional) when is the last syllable of a noun that means "bureau" or "office".
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 7
Level: 1
Radical: (#44)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 14556 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Sep 2013 01:49

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detail  syu1 guk6*2   = bookstore; bookshop
detail  jau4 guk6*2  you2 ju2 = post office
detail  ji1 jyun2 gun2 lei5 guk6   = Hospital Authority
detail  gam1 gun2 guk6   = short for 金融管理局
detail  faan6 guk6  fan4 ju2 = dinner party; banquet
detail  wai6 sang1 guk6  wei4 sheng1 ju2 = public health service
detail  bou3 guk6  bu4 ju2 = arrangement
detail  guk6 sai3  ju2 shi4 = situation; state of affairs
detail  guk6 bou6  ju2 bu4 = partly; local
detail  guk6 zoeng2  ju2 zhang3 = bureau chief
See all 103 compounds (CantoDict reports 109 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 局
detail 有冇郵局
Is there a post office in the area?
[Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]
detail 請問郵局邊度
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]
detail 郵局
I made a futile trip to the post office.
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