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上班

shàng bān

HSK 2 2-character word

What 上班 means

1. to go to work
2. to be on duty
3. to start work
4. to go to the office

The characters in 上班

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift

Example sentences

• 你在上班吗？
  Are you working?
• 今晚谁上班？
  Who's working tonight?
• 你几点上班？
  What time are you going to work?
• 她走路上班。
  She walks to work.
• 你九点上班。
  You work at nine o'clock.
• 你上班迟到了。
  You were late for work.

Words starting with 上班

• 上班族shàng bān zúoffice workers (as social group)
• 上班时间shàng bān shí jiānworking hours; office hours