班 Bān

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Traditional form

班 Bān

Contains the radical

王 Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Cutting 刂 dāo a piece of jade 王 Wáng in two, symbolizing two classes

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿲王刂王

Explanation

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

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她 tā 反复 fǎnfù 地 de 说 shuì 她 tā 身体 shēntǐ 已经 yǐjīng 好 hǎo 了 le ,可以 kěyǐ 去 qù 上班 shàngbān 了 le .

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

开始 kāishǐ 演奏 yǎnzòu 前 qián , 哈 Hā 利 Lì 先行 xiān xíng 调 diào 好 hǎo 他 tā 的 de 班卓琴 bān zhuó qín .

Before he began to play, Harry tuned up his banjo.

谁 shuí 来 lái 接 jiē 他 tā 的 de 班 Bān 还 Huán 未 wèi 确定 quèdìng .

It is not yet certain who will succeed him.

这个 zhè ge 班 Bān 太 tài 大 dà 了 le , 我们 wǒmen 得 dé 把 bǎ 它 tā 分 fēn 一分.

This class is too large, we shall have to divide it.

他 tā 在 zài 分 fēn 班 Bān 测试 cè shì 中 Zhōng 分数 fēn shù 很 hěn 高 Gāo ,获分到 dào 了 le 水平 shuǐpíng 最高 zuì gāo 的 de 班级 bān jí .

He scored well in the placement test and was put in the most advanced class.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 班 Bān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
班 Bān	team	班 Bān
上班 shàngbān	to go to work	上班 shàngbān
西班牙 Xī bān yá	Spain	西班牙 Xī bān yá
下班 xià bān	to finish work	下班 xià bān
航班 hángbān	plane	航班 hángbān
西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ	Spanish language	西班牙語
加班 jiābān	to work overtime	加班 jiābān
值班 zhíbān	on duty	值班 zhíbān
班长 bān zhǎng	class monitor	班長
班级 bān jí	grade (in school)	班級
班主任 bān zhǔ rèn	teacher in charge of a class	班主任 bān zhǔ rèn
培训班 péi xùn bān	training class	培訓班
班子 bān zi	organized group	班子 bān zi
夜班 yè bān	night shift	夜班 yè bān
班车 bān chē	regular bus (service)	班車
全班 quán bān	the whole class	全班 quán bān
班机 bān jī	airliner	班機
塔利班 Tǎ lì bān	Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction	塔利班 Tǎ lì bān
接班人 jiē bān rén	successor	接班人 jiē bān rén
跟班 gēn bān	attendant	跟班 gēn bān
当班 dāng bān	to work one's shift	當班
上下班 shàng xià bān	to start and finish work	上下班 shàng xià bān
换班 huàn bān	to change shift	換班
同班 tóng bān	classmate	同班 tóng bān
按部就班 àn bù jiù bān	to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)	按部就班 àn bù jiù bān