辦公室 (baan6 gung1 sat1 | ban4 gong1 shi4) : office

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辦公室

baan6 gung1 sat1

ban4 gong1 shi4

office | Less formal alternative: 寫字樓

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 8,220,000

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

辦公室 / 办公室

This word has been viewed 153 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 26th Jul 2004 08:33 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

辦 baan6 - manage; handle
公 gung1 - public; grandfather; unselfish
室 sat1 - room; home; chamber

8 compounds containing this word:

辦公室政治 - office politics
中央人民政府聯絡辦公室 - Liaison Office of the Central People's Government
國務院新聞辦公室 - Information Office of the State Council
國務院港澳辦公室 - Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
行政長官辦公室 - Chief Executive's Office
財政司司長辦公室 - Financial Secretary's Office
香港澳門辦公室 - Hong Kong-Macao Affairs Office
Common Formations:
國務院台灣事務辦公室 - Taiwan Affairs Office

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間辦公室畀啲細路你搞亂咗粵
The office was turned upside-down by the children.
[Lit. [counter] office by [plural counter] children make-chaotic already]

你要掉咗啲垃圾, 間辦公室好亂粵
Can you bin the junk that's lying around? The office is a mess.
[Lit. you need throw-away [particle used in imperatives] [plural particle] rubbish, [counter] office very messy Other words you could use instead of 好亂: 好亂龍, 亂晒, 亂晒龍, or 亂晒大龍]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

辦工室 baan6 gung1 sat1 ban4 gong1 shi4 = office, bureau

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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Decimal representation of this word: 辦公室

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8 compounds containing this word:

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *