bǎ 把 (prepositional verb which indicates the direct object) bàngōngshì 辦公室 office gǎi 改 to change gǎi dào 改到 to change to gāngcái 剛才 just now, a short time ago háishi 還是 still hàomǎ(r) 號碼(兒) number jīngjiguān 經濟官 economics officer liú 留 to leave, to keep, to save liú(ge)huà(r) 留(個)話(兒) to leave a message nèitiān 那天 the other day shāngwù 商務 commercial business shāngwùguān 商務官 commercial officer wàiguó 外國 foreign, abroad wàiguo rén 外國人 foreigner (non-Chinese) Wàijiāobù 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs wūzi (yìjiān) 屋子 (一間) room xiěxiàlái 寫下來 to write down yāo 幺 one (telephone pronunciation) yàojǐn 要緊 to be important, to be urgent yuēhǎole 約好了 to have (successfully) made arrangements, to have made an appointment zhèihuìr 這會兒 this moment, at the moment (Běijing) chūtǔ wénwù zhǎnlǎn 出土文物展覽 exhibition of archaeological finds dǎ dao to make a phone call to dàibiǎotuán 代表團 delegation gǎnbuhuílái can’t make it back in time jiàoyuán 教員 teacher jīnglǐ 經理 manager qīnzì 親自 personally, privately tuánzhǎng 團長 head of the delegation zhǔrèn 主任 director zìjǐ 自己 oneself (“myself,” “yourself,” etc.)