bàn gōng
work; handle official business; work in an office
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我在办公室工作。
wǒ zài bàngōngshì gōngzuò.
I work in the office.
他正在办公室里开会。
tā zhèngzài bàngōngshì lǐ kāihuì.
He is having a meeting in the office.
我们公司在市中心有一间办公室。
wǒmen gōngsī zài shì zhōngxīn yǒu yī jiān bàngōngshì.
Our company has an office in the city center.
上班 (shàng bān)
go to work
工作 (gōng zuò)
work
休息 (xiū xī)
rest
玩耍 (wán shuǎ)
play
The Chinese word 办公 (bàngōng) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 办 (bàn) and 公 (gōng). The character 办 originally meant "to distinguish" or "to separate", and later extended to mean "to manage" or "to handle". The character 公 originally meant "public" or "common", and later extended to mean "official" or "government". When combined, the two characters 办公 (bàngōng) literally mean "to manage official business" or "to handle government affairs". In modern Chinese, 办公 (bàngōng) is commonly used as a verb meaning "to work in an office" or "to do office work". It can also be used as a noun meaning "office" or "workplace".
