办
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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])
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- Traditional
- 办
- Common rank
- #689
- Unicode
- U+529E
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Words with 办
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 办公自动化 | office automation | |
| 公事公办 | to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom) | |
| 一手包办 | to take care of a matter all by oneself; to run the whole show | |
| 主办国 | host country | |
| 有办法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 国新办 | State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, abbr. for 國務院新聞辦公室|国务院… | |
| 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处 | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | |
| 无纸化办公 | paperless office | |
| 办公时间 | office hours | |
| 国台办 | Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4… | |
| 国家汉办 | Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an orga… | |
| 主办方 | organizer; host | |
| 中联办 | Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative … | |
| 国务院新闻办公室 | State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China | |
| 嘴上无毛，办事不牢 | see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2] | |
| 主办权 | the right to host (an international meeting) | |
| 国办 | General Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院辦公廳|国务院办公厅[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Ban4 gong1 tin… | |
| 中办 | General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4… | |
| 办学 | to run a school | |
| 国务院台湾事务办公室 | Taiwan Affairs Office |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 八 — compare how they read.