Chinese word dictionary

办事处

bànshìchù · office; agency; bureau

Practice word

Word information

Simplified办事处

Traditional辦事處

Pinyinbànshìchù

Part of speech名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

办bàn

to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle

事shì

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

处chù

to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department

How to learn 办事处

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

没事méishì

it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

事shì

matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

事情shìqing

affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

办bàn

to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])

办法bànfǎ

way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]

办公室bàngōngshì

office; business premises