Chinese Notes

局 jú

jú noun department; bureau; office
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Government
Notes: In the sense of 部门; for example, 税务局 'tax bureau' (ABC 'jú' 局 n 1; GHC '局' 7; Kroll 2015 '局' 6; NCCED 2 '局' 2)
jú measure word game; set; match
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: A measure word for part of a game (ABC 'jú' 局 m; NCCED 3 '局' 2)
jú verb to confine; to constrain; to limit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 限制 (ABC 'jú' 局 v; GHC '局' 1; Kroll 2015 '局' 1; NCCED 1 '局' 1)
jú noun a portion; a part
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 局部 (Kroll 2015 '局' 5; NCCED 2 '局' 1)
jú noun a chessboard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 棋局 (ABC 'jú' 局 n 7; GHC '局' 8; Kroll 2015 '局' 3; NCCED 3 '局' 1)
jú noun situation; condition
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jú' 局 n 2; Kroll 2015 '局' 4; NCCED 3 '局' 3)
jú noun a trap; a trick
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '局' 3; NCCED 3 '局' 4)
jú noun a pattern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of a pattern of events (ABC 'jú' 局 n 3)
jú noun moral character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jú' 局 n 4)
jú noun tolerance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jú' 局 n 5; Kroll 2015 '局' 7)
jú noun an assembly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For a dancing or musical performance (ABC 'jú' 局 n 6; GHC '局' 11)
jú verb bent up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (GHC '局' 2; Kroll 2015 '局' 1)
jú adjective close to; nearby
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 近 (GHC '局' 4; Kroll 2015 '局' 2)

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局外人 outsider
空间局(空間局) a space agency
局部麻醉剂(局部麻醉劑) local anesthetic
对局(對局) opposing sides (in chess etc); position (of opposing forces)
搅局(攪局) to upset the apple cart; to disrupt things
出局 to send off (player for a foul); to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament); to eliminate; to call out; to kill off; to pull out of (a competition); to retire (a runner in baseball)
民政局 Department of Community Affairs
假局 a trap
药局(藥局) pharmacy; dispensary
牌局 gambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc
警察局 police station; police department; police headquarters
不局限 not confined
全局语境(全局語境) global context
僵局 impasse; deadlock
危局 perilous situation
航天局 space agency
安全局 security bureau
大局 general situation; present conditions
刑事局 Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)
局促一隅 to be cramped in a corner
国家文物局(國家文物局) PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)
规划局(規劃局) planning department
专利局(專利局) patent office
懂局 to know the business; to know the ropes; in the know; to know one's onions; professional
了局 end; conclusion; solution
局灶性 focal
总局(總局) head office; general office; central office
世局 the situation (e.g. political); the state of the world
气象局(氣象局) Weather Bureau; Meteorological Administration
邮政局(郵政局) post office
布局 arrangement; composition; layout ; to arrange; to compose ; a strategy [in Go]
局限性 limitations; localized
局部语境(局部語境) local context
战局(戰局) a state of war
破局 to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
水务局(水務局) (municipal) water authority
警局 police department; police station
乱局(亂局) chaotic situation

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卷九十　　志第四十: 　百官六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Official Posts 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 113
卷四十七　　　　志第三十七　　百官二 Volume 47 Treatises 42: Official Posts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 105
卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 79
卷七十四志第五十職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 77
卷八十五　志第三十五: 　百官一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Official Posts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 62
卷27　志第22 百官中 Volume 27 Treatises 22: Government Offices 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 51
卷八十八　志第三十八: 　百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 38
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卷八十二志第三十五律曆十五 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Measures and Calendar 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
卷一百六十四志第一百十七職官四 Volume 164 Treatises 117: Offical Posts 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31

Collocations

离局 (離局) 離局 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
器局 (器局) 有器局而強問 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五魏書五后妃傳 Volume 5: Book of Wei 5 - Biographies of empresses and concubines — count: 6
守局 (守局) 苟守局而保疆 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十八吳書十三陸遜傳 Volume 58: Book of Wu 13 - Biography of Lu Xun — count: 5
局缩 (局縮) 局縮肉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八志第十八五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 4
智局 (智局) 而將之智局 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二吳書七張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 4
干局 (乾局) 李嚴以幹局達 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十蜀書十劉彭廖李劉魏楊傳 Volume 40: Book of Shu 10 - Biographies of Liu, Peng, Liao, Li, Liu, Wei, and Yang — count: 4
志局 (誌局) 望狹志局 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二魏書二文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 4
城局 (城局) 雒阳城局竹柏叶有伤者 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第十四五行二災火草妖羽蟲孽羊禍 Volume 104: Five Elements Part Two — count: 3
识局 (識局) 識局經濟 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十八列傳第三十八顧榮紀瞻賀循薛兼 Volume 68 Biographies 38: Gu Rong; Ji Zhan; He Xun; Yang Fang; Xue Jian — count: 3
职局 (職局) 職局以之坐者數十人 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八本紀第八明帝 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Ming — count: 3