Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
上班
shàngbān
Description
“上班”的意思是去工作，或者开始一天的工作。
"上班" means to go to work or start the day's work.
很多人每天早上上班，下午下班回家。
Many people go 上班 in the morning and finish work in the afternoon to go home.
Meanings
上班shàngbān
to go to work; to be at work
我每天八点上班。
I start work at eight o'clock every day.
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Notes
- Etymology
上 (to go up/onto) + 班 (work shift), literally "to go onto one's shift."
- Nuance
上班 is a verb-object phrase; you can say 上了班 but not 上班了工作.
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