HSK 3 · Places

办公室 bàngōngshì “office” in Chinese

Traditional 辦公室

What 办公室 means

  1. office
  2. business premises

How to say 办公室

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale办bàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale室shì4th tone, falling

办公室 in a sentence

  1. 你几点离开办公室？

    Nǐ jǐ diǎn líkāi bàngōngshì?

    What time do you leave the office?

    Sentence #1313503 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 明天在办公室见。

    Míngtiān zài bàngōngshì jiàn.

    See you at the office tomorrow.

    Sentence #333832 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我开车去办公室。

    Wǒ kāichē qù bàngōngshì.

    I drive to the office.

    Sentence #5577660 from Tatoeba

How 办公室 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 办 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
办bànto take care of; to deal with
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part
  • 八eight · bāSound part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 八 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàn.

Memory aidSimplified from 辦: strength 力 with work on both sides: to handle, to get done.

The character 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 室 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
室shìroom
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

Memory aidA roof 宀 you arrive 至 under: a room.

How to write 办公室

办 4 strokes · 公 4 strokes · 室 9 strokes

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办公室 (bàngōngshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 办公室 (bàngōngshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 办公室

Words with 办

办bàn · to handle办法bànfǎ · method怎么办zěnmebàn · what should I do?举办jǔbàn · to conduct办理bànlǐ · to handle承办chéngbàn · to undertake主办zhǔbàn · to host

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)公寓gōngyù · apartment building

Words with 室

教室jiàoshì · classroom室shì · room卧室wòshì · bedroom

More words: Places & Directions

旁边pángbiān · side外wài · outside右边yòubian · right side左边zuǒbian · left side北方běifāng · north超市chāoshì · supermarket城市chéngshì · city or town地方dìfang · place

FAQs

办公室 (bàngōngshì) means “office” or “business premises”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bàngōngshì: bàn with a 4th tone, then gōng with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 办公室 is written 辦公室. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bangongshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 办公室 from the suggestions. Typing bangongshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
办公室 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.