Chinese Conversation · Level 19
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Chinese word
办公电话
Pronunciation
Pinyinbàn gōng diàn huà
Meaning
- nounoffice phone
Example
下班后请不要打办公电话。xià bān hòu qǐng bú yào dǎ bàn gōng diàn huà
Please don't call the office phone after work.
More examples
上班时，他用办公电话联系客户。shàng bān shí tā yòng bàn gōng diàn huà lián xì kè hù
During work hours, he used the office phone to contact clients.
Core concept
A work-related phone channel that connects people with a workplace, whether through an internal extension or a public contact number.
Common phrases
给办公电话留言gěi bàn gōng diàn huà liú yán
leave a message on the office phone
接办公电话jiē bàn gōng diàn huà
answer the office phone
Similar words
办公室电话bàn gōng shì diàn huà: A fixed telephone or number kept at an office for reaching its staff.
工作电话gōng zuò diàn huà: A phone or number used to discuss or arrange work matters.
内线电话nèi xiàn diàn huà: A phone or extension that connects people within the same organization.
公司电话gōng sī diàn huà: A company's phone line or number used to receive contact from outside.
Definition in Chinese
指单位用于办公事务的固定电话或电话号码，既可以指内部的内线，也可以指对外公布的办公联系号码。zhǐ dān wèi yòng yú bàn gōng shì wù de gù dìng diàn huà huò diàn huà hào mǎ jì ké yǐ zhǐ nèi bù de nèi xiàn yě ké yǐ zhǐ duì wài gōng bù de bàn gōng lián xì hào mǎ
Word origin
办公 (bàngōng, "office work") comes before 电话 (diànhuà, "telephone"), following the Chinese pattern of placing the purpose before the device or service it describes.
Usage tips
- A work phone in English can mean a personal mobile supplied for a job, but this Chinese noun normally points to an organization's business line or extension.
Other meanings
- work phonenoun
Opposites
- 私人电话sī rén diàn huàpersonal phonenoun