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办公室辦公室 bàngōngshì — office (the room)

bàngōngshì (fourth tone, falling)ban4gong1shi4

Traditional: 辦公室

office (the room)

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Meanings

  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.

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