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(bàn gōng shì) - office in Mandarin

bàngōngshì

Traditional: 辦公室

Line drawing of 办公室
Coloured illustration of 办公室
HSK 3
#684 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

office

Word origin

A three-character word, literally 'handle-public-room': 办 'to manage, to handle', 公 'public, official', and 室 'room' (a roof 宀 over 至 zhì). Together they mean an office.

Origin
compound
Root
办 (manage) + 公 (public) + 室 (宀 roof + 至 zhì)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 办

Stroke order for 公

Stroke order for 室

Examples

He works in the office.

Our office is on the third floor.

Please come to my office.

My office is on the third floor.

He goes to the office every day.

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This word is part of lesson 14.