办公室
bàngōngshì
office
Characters in this word
公 gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- Made of
- 八 eight 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
室 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 至 reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我在办公室。 Wǒ zài bàngōngshì. I am in the office.
- 办公室很大。 Bàngōngshì hěn dà. The office is very big.
- 去办公室吧。 Qù bàngōngshì ba. Let us go to the office.
Related words
- 办 bàn to handle; to do
- 办法 bànfǎ way; solution
- 怎么办 zěnmebàn what to do
- 办理 bànlǐ to handle paperwork; to process
- 举办 jǔbàn to hold; to organize
- 办事 bànshì to handle matters; to run errands
- 承办 chéngbàn to organize; to undertake
- 主办 zhǔbàn to host; to organize
- 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē bus
- 公交车 gōngjiāochē bus
- 公斤 gōngjīn kilogram
- 公里 gōnglǐ kilometer