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辦公室

简办公室 · 繁辦公室

Mandarin · pinyin bàn gōng shì

office; business premises

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公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
室: shì · room, home, house, chamber; 13th lunar mansion, determinative star α Pegasi (Markab)
办: bàn · manage, do, handle; deal with

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4–1–4 · ban4 gong1 shi4

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baan6 gung1 sat1

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noun

office (a room, set of rooms, building, or department used for non-manual work or to provide a particular service) (Classifier: 間／间)

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