团建

團建

tuánjiàn

noun

Meanings

1 team-building (activity)
2 company-organized group outing

Characters

build, establish

Examples

周末公司又要团建,我不想去。

Zhōumò gōngsī yòu yào tuánjiàn, wǒ bù xiǎng qù.

The company is doing team-building again this weekend — I don't want to go.

我们下周去爬山团建。

Wǒmen xià zhōu qù páshān tuánjiàn.

We're doing a team-building hike next week.

最怕公司用周末搞团建。

Zuì pà gōngsī yòng zhōumò gǎo tuánjiàn.

Worst is when the company eats your weekend with team-building.

Tips

culture

Widely dreaded by Chinese office workers: typical 团建 means hiking, karaoke, or drinking with coworkers on a weekend, sometimes unpaid. A running joke is that 团建 is just 加班 (overtime) in disguise.

register

Neutral in HR-speak, often sarcastic or resentful in everyday conversation and on social media.

Stroke Order

团 tuán

建 jiàn