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上班 shàngbān

上班 shàngbān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 上班 shàngbān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shàngbān | shang4 ban1
English translation
to go to work
to be on duty
to start work
to go to the office

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Traditional form

上班 shàngbān

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 上班 shàngbān

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shǎng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from èr (two).

Positional decomposition

⺊一

Number of Strokes

3
Bān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a knife ( dāo ) cutting a gem into two halves ( jué ), based on the original meaning "to divide". The meaning later shifted to "division", "group", and "team".

Positional decomposition

王刂王

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 上班 shàngbān

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上班 shàngbān 之前 zhī qián 应该 yīnggāi chī bǎo 早饭 zǎo fàn .

You should eat your breakfast before going to work.

平常 píngcháng 自行车 zìxíngchē 上班 shàngbān .

I go to work by bicycle as a rule.

除了 chúle 雨天 yǔ tiān 之外 zhī wài ,总是 zǒngshì 自行车 zìxíngchē 上班 shàngbān .

She usually goes to work by bike except on rainy days.

反复 fǎnfù de shuì 身体 shēntǐ 已经 yǐjīng hǎo le ,可以 kěyǐ 上班 shàngbān le .

She persisted that she was strong enough to go back to work.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín 穿着 chuān zhuó 衬衫 chènshān 上班 shàngbān le

Franklin went to work in his shirtsleeves.

上班 shàngbān Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 上班 shàngbān and their own compounds.

上班 shàngbān Compounds

See all 56 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 上班 shàngbān in their composition.

  • shǎng
    • shū
      • shū
        • shū
        • , jiāo , , chù , , shū , , , , , , ,
        • , , , miè , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
      • cuó , jiǎn , jiǎn , , , , xián , ,
    • ràng , tǎn , xx , , , , , , nòng , , , ,
  • Bān
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