baan6 gung1 sat1辦公室办公室
Jyutpingbaan6 gung1 sat1
Yalebaahn gūng sāt
Definition
Office; a workplace, especially for clerical or administrative work.
neutralworkplaces
How it's used
While 辦公室 is the standard term for a workplace, local speakers often use the English loanword Office directly in casual conversation. Using the full term 辦公室 can sometimes sound slightly more formal or descriptive, especially when referring to the physical space rather than the abstract concept of work. It is common to hear people say 返工 instead of 喺辦公室 when talking about the general act of going to work.
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gaan1間gānExamples
He is in a meeting at the office today and cannot answer the phone.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
