格子间

格子間
gézijiān
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 office cubicle

Examples

Wǒ zài gézijiān lǐ zuòle shí nián.
I've been sitting in a cubicle for ten years.
Hùliánwǎng gōngsī kāishǐ liúxíng qǔxiāo gézijiān.
Internet companies are starting to do away with cubicles.

Tips

culture
格子 'little squares' refers to the partitioned layout; is 'room / compartment'. Often loaded with connotations of boring white-collar routine, and sometimes contrasted rhetorically with 工位 (desk/workstation) in open offices.

Stroke Order

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