办公室
bàngōngshì
office
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
公public
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室room
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Examples
- 老师在办公室。The teacher is in the office.
- 我们去办公室谈谈。Let's talk in the office.
Collocations
在办公室一间办公室办公室里
Mnemonic
办公室 bàngōngshì "office" — 办公 (do official work, traditional 辦公) + 室 (room). Korean/Japanese prefer 事務室 (samusil/jimushitsu) — different characters but same idea.
Quick check
Chinese for JA 事務室?