Chinese For Dummies (81 page)

yīxué bóshì
医学博士
(
醫學博士
) (ee-shweh baw-shir) (
medical doctor
)

Settling into Your Office Digs

Whether you're a
mìshū
秘书
(
秘書
)
(mee-shoo) (
secretary
) or the
zhǔxí
主席
(joo-she) (
chairman
) of the board, the atmosphere and physical environment of your
bàngōngshì
办公室
(
辦公室
) (bahn-goong
-
shir) (
office
) is pretty important. It can even help get you through an otherwise tough day. May as well make it as comfortable as possible. Why not put a photo of the family dog on your
bàngōngzhuō
办公桌
(
辦公桌
) (bahn-goong-jwaw) (
desk
) for starters? That should put a smile on your face as you start the day.

You don't even have to get up out of your
yǐzi
椅子
(ee-dzuh) (
chair
) to notice all the techie stuff around you. These days, just about any office you work in or visit has the following basic things:

chuánzhēn
传真
(
傳真
) (chwan-jun) (
fax
)

dǎyìnjī
打印机
(
打印機
)
(dah-een-jee) (
printer
)

diànhuà
电话
(
電話
)
(dyan-hwah) (
telephone
)

diànnǎo
电脑
(
電腦
)
(dyan-now) (
computer
)

fùyìnjī
复印机
(
復印機
)
(foo-een-jee) (
copier
)

Of course, the first thing you may look around for when you get to work in the morning is the
kāfēijī
咖啡机
(
咖啡機
) (kah-fay-jee) (
coffee machine
). In fact, the one part of the day you may look forward to the most is the
xiūxi
休息
(shyo-she) (
coffee break
).

As you look around your
xiǎogéjiān
小隔间
(
小隔間
)
(shyaow-guh-jyan) ­(
cubicle
), I bet you can find all these things:

bǐjìběn
笔记本
(
筆記本
)
(bee-jee-bun) (
notebook
)

dàng'àn
档案
(
檔案
)
(dahng-ahn) (
file
)

dìngshūjī
钉书机
(
訂書機
)
(deeng-shoo-jee) (
stapler
)

gāngbǐ
钢笔
(
鋼筆
) (gahng-bee) (
pen
)

huíwénzhēn
回纹针
(
回紋針
)
(hway-one-jun) (
paper clip
)

jiāo dài
胶带
(
膠帶
)
(jyaow dye) (
transparent tape
)