办公室/辦公室 bàngōngshì — office (the room)

Meanings

1. 1

   office (the room)

   The room where office work is done — a teacher’s room in a school, a manager’s room in a company. The company as an organisation is 公司; the desk you sit at is not called 办公室.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 室

  shì (fourth tone, falling)

  a room, a chamber; an office or department within an institution

  9 strokes⿱宀至Radical 宀

Example sentences

• 老师在办公室吗？/老師在辦公室嗎？Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) bàngōngshì (fourth tone, falling) ma? (neutral tone)···

  Is the teacher in the office?

• 他们的办公室在三楼。/他們的辦公室在三樓。Tāmen (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) bàngōngshì (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) sān (first tone, high and level) lóu. (second tone, rising)···

  Their office is on the third floor.

Similar words

Words containing 室

• 室shì (fourth tone, falling)room
• 教室jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling)classroom
• 实验室/實驗室shí (second tone, rising) yàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)laboratory
• 卧室/臥室wò (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)bedroom
• 浴室yù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)bathroom (room used for bathing)
• 地下室dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)basement
• 寝室/寢室qǐn (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)bedroom
• 手术室/手術室shǒu (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)operating room
• 皇室huáng (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)royal family
• 温室/溫室wēn (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)greenhouse
• 更衣室gēng (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)change room; dressing room; locker room
• 演播室yǎn (third tone, dipping) bō (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)broadcasting studio
• 阅览室/閱覽室yuè (fourth tone, falling) lǎn (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)reading room