单位 (單位)
dān wèi
Pinyin

Definition

单位 (單位)
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dān wèi
  1. unit (of measure)
  2. unit (group of people as a whole)
  3. work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie

Idioms (5)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
  1. 1 tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

诺，相公！哈哈，对啦，你表妹单位的那个奇葩男同事现在还在锲而不舍地追她吗？
nuò ，xiànggōng ！hāhā ，duì la ，nǐ biǎomèi dānwèi de nàge qípā nán tóngshì xiànzài háizài qièérbùshě de zhuī tā ma ？
Yes, sire! Ha ha! Oh yes, is that weird coworker of hers still chasing her like a dog on heat?
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我认为我的协调能力过人，2006年时曾于外交部举办的【亚太情势研讨会】担任接待工作，于会前用英文与海外相关人士沟通，会议全程协助主办单位协调，研讨会最后圆满落幕，我也获得长官极高的评价。
wǒ rènwéi wǒ de xiétiáo nénglì guòrén ，èr líng líng liù nián shí céng yú wàijiāobù jǔbàn de 【yàtài qíngshì yántǎohuì 】dānrèn jiēdài gōngzuò ，yú huì qián yòng Yīngwén yǔ hǎiwài xiāngguān rénshì gōutōng ，huìyì quánchéng xiézhù zhǔbàndānwèi xiétiáo ，yántǎohuì zuìhòu yuánmǎn luòmù ，wǒ yě huòdé zhǎngguān jígāo de píngjià 。
I think my ability to coordinate makes me stand out. In 2006 I worked at the reception desk for the "Asia Pacific Affairs Forum" hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, using English to communicate with foreign attendees just before the forum. I also helped the hosts throughout with coordinating the event and when the forum came to a satisfactory end I was commended by senior officials.
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也是，还是你聪明，在公家单位找了个铁饭碗的工作。
yě shì ，háishi nǐ cōngming ，zài gōngjiā dānwèi zhǎo le ge tiěfànwǎn de gōngzuò 。
That's true. You are the smarter one for finding a stable job at a public sector.
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由于科技的进步，中国粮食单位面积产量是1949年的5倍。
yóuyú kējì de jìnbù ，Zhōngguó liángshi dānwèi miànjī chǎnliàng shì nián de bèi 。
Due to advances in science and technology, the output per unit area of China's grain is five times that of 1949.
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此外，有的城市仍试图给公共场所控烟留“口子”，允许娱乐场所、机关事业单位等区域设置吸烟室。
cǐwài ，yǒude chéngshì réng shìtú gěi gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ kòngyān liú “kǒuzi ”，yǔnxǔ yúlè chǎngsuǒ 、jīguān shìyè dānwèi děng qūyù shèzhì xīyānshì 。
In addition, some cities still “reserve some room” for smoking in public spaces, for example smoking rooms in entertainment venues, institutions and institutions.
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挺顺利的，他们叫我下礼拜再去跟单位主管面试，老实说，能这么顺利多亏了你。
tǐng shùnlì de ，tāmen jiào wǒ xià lǐbài zài qù gēn dānwèi zhǔguǎn miànshì ，lǎoshi shuō ，néng zhème shùnlì duōkuī le nǐ 。
It went quite well actually. They've asked me to go next week to interview with the department manager. To be honest, it's all because of you that it went so well.
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是啊，好难啊。感觉现在用人单位要求好高啊。又要成绩好，又要工作经验。
shì a ，hǎo nán ā 。gǎnjué xiànzài yòngréndānwèi yāoqiú hǎo gāo ā 。yòu yào chéngjì hǎo ，yòu yào gōngzuò jīngyàn 。
Yeah, it's so hard. I feel that nowadays the employing unit's requirements are so high. You need both good grades and also work experience.
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但是从另一方面想，要是没有信用评等单位，一下子把它的信用评等降那么多，要是它不在欧元区，可以自行调整币值，像冰岛那样，情况会有何不同呢？
dànshì cóng lìngyīfāngmiàn xiǎng ，yàoshì méiyǒu xìnyòng píng děng dānwèi ，yīxiàzi bǎ tā de xìnyòngpíngděng jiàng nàme duō ，yàoshì tā bù zài Ōuyuánqū ，kěyǐ zìxíng tiáozhěng bìzhí ，xiàng Bīngdǎo nàyàng ，qíngkuàng huì yǒu hé bùtóng ne ？
But from another point of view, if credit rating agencies hadn't lowered its credit rating by such a large measure all at once and if it wasn't in the Eurozone and could control the value of its own currency, just like Iceland, would the situation be different?
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挪用公款这种事，没人救得了你！上次你单位小、层级低，而且念在你是初犯，我还能帮你敷衍过去，没想到你竟然一犯再犯！
nuóyòng gōngkuǎn zhèzhǒng shì ，méi rén jiù dé liǎo nǐ ！shàngcì nǐ dānwèi xiǎo 、céngjí dī ，érqiě niàn zài nǐ shì chūfàn ，wǒ hái néng bāng nǐ fūyǎn guòqù ，méi xiǎng dào nǐ jìngrán yí fàn zài fàn ！
Misappropriating public funds isn't something you can be rescued from! Last time you working at a small place, at a low level, so given that it was your first offence, I was just about able to smooth things over for you. I never thought you would just go on to do the same thing over and over again!
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报告会直接寄去单位吗？
bàogào huì zhíjiē jì qù dānwèi ma ？
Will the report be directly mailed to work?
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