bān

班

class (group of students)

HSK 2.0 · 3 HSK 3.0 · 1
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 班

上班 shàng bān to go to work; to be on duty HSK 1
下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
班长 bān zhǎng class monitor; squad leader HSK 2
班级 bān jí class (group of students); grade (in school) HSK 3
航班 háng bān (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing HSK 4
加班 jiā bān to work overtime HSK 4
培训班 péi xùn bān training class HSK 4
值班 zhí bān to work a shift; on duty HSK 5
西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language HSK 6
上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) HSK 6
夜班 yè bān night shift HSK 7–9
接班人 jiē bān rén successor HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 你几点上班? What time do you go to work? Lesson 14
  • 我哥哥在一个大公司上班。 My older brother works at a big company. Lesson 14
  • 跑一个小时。八点开始上班。 One hour. I start work at eight. Lesson 14
  • 我每天骑自行车上班。 I ride my bike to work every day. Lesson 16
  • 因为太累了,所以他今天没去上班。 Because he was too tired, he didn't go to work today. Lesson 21
  • 我们班有三十个学生。 There are thirty students in our class. Lesson 102

Character facts

Radical
王 king, ruler; royal; surname
Parts
王 + 刂 + 王
Structure
Left–middle–right
Unicode
U+73ED

Ideographic: Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes