OFFICE  官職仕

BUILDING OR social INSTITUTION in which PUBLIC DUTIES are ACTED:performed BY OFFICIALS.
POSTPOSITIONAPPOINTMENTJOBOCCUPATIONROLESITUATIONSTATIONFUNCTIONCAPACITYPLACE OF WORKPLACE OF BUSINESSWORKPLACEHEADQUARTERSBASEWORKROOMSTUDIOWORKSPACECUBICLE
Hypernym
  • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • RECTITUDEVIRTUE which consists in an ENDURING DESIRE to ACT CONFORMING to what is APPROPRIATE.
    • RANKFORMAL PUBLIC STATUS.
      • OFFICIALADULT who WORKS IN a PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN A PUBLIC FUNCTION.
        Hyponym
        • GOVERNMENT　MOST HIGH BURAUCRATIC OFFICE which GOVERNS a STATE.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. Shì 仕 refers to any office, private or public, civil or military and must probably count as the most general word for an office.

          2. The standard and very current general word for any elevated bureaucratic office, civil or military, is guān 官 (the original meaning of which refers to the building housing the office-holders office).

          3. Shǔ 暑 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments of any kind.

          4. Sì 寺 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments, typically - perhaps - of major kind.

          5. Zhí 職 are the official duties attached to a bureaucratic office. See DUTY

          6. Yè 業 refers to the traditional profession of a person and does not normally or necessarily relate to a place or the bureaucratic system.

          黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
          HUANG JINGUI 2006

          GOVERNMENT/LAW 1.

          官，古代政府治事處最早之稱。

          府，源於文書存放處，秦漢以後指百官治事處。

          衙門，源於軍門，南北朝時才作機構之稱；興盛於唐宋以後，後世使用較為普遍。

          GOVERNMENT/LAW 2.

          署，漢以後指部門辦事機構。

          寺，監、廨之設自漢始。

          寺，最初指九卿的辦事機構，後為部門辦事機構通稱。

          監，多為內廷辦事機構。

          廨，多為地方州郡或王公的治事處。

          GOVERNMENT/LAW 3. 從中央到地方的分支機構，上古至漢代多稱曹；隋以後多稱司。

          部，原先多指中央或地方的派出機構，隋唐以後專指中央主要政務部門。

          局，從北齊起為省、臺下面分支機構，一般為皇宮服務的機構。

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          職位

          位置

          職

          崗位

          職守

          職掌

          差使

          差事

          職分

          官職

          烏紗帽

          烏紗

          一官半職

          rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          Old Chinese Contrasts
          SSJZS 2000, vol. 7. p. 8　Zhouli, Shu: 凡官尊者少，卑者多，以其卑者宜勞，尊者宜逸。

          Words

          官  guān OC: koon MC: kʷɑn 51 AttributionsWD

          The standard and very current general word for any elevated bureaucratic office, civil or military, is guān 官 (the original meaning of which refers to the building housing the office-holders office).

            Word relations
          • Object: 任/ACT
          • Object: 越/NEGLECT
          • Epithet: 百/ALL Bǎi 百 is occasionally used to refer to the whole of a well-defined group of things. >>ADNOMINAL
          • Contrast: 廷 / 庭/COURT The current dominant word for the royal court with its courtyard as a building complex is tíng 廷/庭, although the same word can also be used to refer to the courtyard as opposed to the main court building, i.e. the yard in front of the táng 堂. According to ZHENGZITONG, tíng 廷/庭 were originally unroofed, later they were covered with a roof. See also COURTYARD.
          • Contrast: 職/OFFICE Zhí 職 are the official duties attached to a bureaucratic office. See DUTY
          • Contrast: 爵/RANK Jué 爵 refers specifically to noble rank.
          • Assoc: 位/RANK Wèi 位 and the rarer liè 列 typically refer to relatively elevated official ranks only.
          • Assoc: 祿/SALARY The general word for apanages, emoluments or salaries received by any person of high status is lù 祿.
          • Assoc: 職/OFFICE Zhí 職 are the official duties attached to a bureaucratic office. See DUTY
          • Assoc: 爵/RANK Jué 爵 refers specifically to noble rank.

            Syntactic words
          • nab.post-V{NUM}socialofficial duties; bureau; 五官 "five bureaus"; office, official position NB: the distinction between the offices as such and their holders is blurred for very good reasons, since officials acted as representatives of their bureau.
          • nabsocialofficial duties; public office
          • nadNofficial, belonging to the duties of officials; relevant to officialdom
          • nadVper office
          • viactserve as an official, hold office
          • vtoNcausativecause to serve as an official, appoint as an official
          職  zhí OC: kljɯɡ MC: tɕɨk 23 AttributionsWD

          Zhí 職 are the official duties attached to a bureaucratic office. See DUTY

            Word relations
          • Object: 守/GOVERN
          • Contrast: 官/OFFICE The standard and very current general word for any elevated bureaucratic office, civil or military, is guān 官 (the original meaning of which refers to the building housing the office-holders office).
          • Assoc: 官/OFFICE The standard and very current general word for any elevated bureaucratic office, civil or military, is guān 官 (the original meaning of which refers to the building housing the office-holders office).

            Syntactic words
          • nabsocialofficial duty, official assignments; official task; public employment; office, job
          仕  shì OC: dzrɯʔ MC: ɖʐɨ 5 AttributionsWD

          Shì 仕 refers to any office, private or public, civil or military and must probably count as the most general word for an office.

            Syntactic words
          • noffice
          • vitake officeCH
          府  fǔ OC: poʔ MC: pi̯o 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • noffice, public office, administrative office
          政  zhèng OC: tjeŋs MC: tɕiɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nccgovernment department; administrative department
          業  yè OC: ŋab MC: ŋi̯ɐp 2 AttributionsWD

          Yè 業 refers to the traditional profession of a person and does not normally or necessarily relate to a place or to the bureaucratic system.

            Word relations
          • Object: 創/CREATE Chuàng 創 (ant. jì 繼 "continue a line") is a rare word referring to the initiative to start something.

            Syntactic words
          • ninherited occupation; professional occupation (high or low)
          局  jú OC: ɡoɡ MC: gi̯ok 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabactassigned task; post (military ?)
          處  chù OC: qhljas MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD

            Word relations
          • Contrast: 位/RANK Wèi 位 and the rarer liè 列 typically refer to relatively elevated official ranks only.

            Syntactic words
          • nabemployment, position, job
          官店  guān diàn OC: koon k-leems MC: kʷɑn tem 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPYamen
          官次  guān cì OC: koon snʰis MC: kʷɑn tshi 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPabsocialoffice
          司  sī OC: sqlɯ MC: sɨ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabsocialoffice (as in 有司)
          寺  sì OC: sɢlɯs MC: zɨ 0 AttributionsWD

          Sì 寺 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments, typically - perhaps - of major kind.

            Syntactic words
          • nHan bureaucracy: a (major) bureaucratic administrative unit or department
          署  shǔ OC: ɡljas MC: dʑi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD

          Shǔ 暑 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments of any kind.

            Syntactic words
          • noffice; post; position
          部  bù OC: bɯʔ MC: buo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • ngovernment offices; Yamen
          官寺  guān sì OC: koon sɢlɯs MC: kʷɑn zɨ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPoffice SANGUOZHI
          官府  guān fǔ OC: koon poʔ MC: kʷɑn pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPabsocialoffice
          百官  bǎi guān OC: praaɡ koon MC: pɣɛk kʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPpluralall the government offices in a state
          縣官  xiàn guān OC: ɢʷeens koon MC: ɦen kʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPdistrict office SANGUOZHI
          服  fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabsocialwhat one is beholden to do as an obedient servant

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