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上班

shàng bān

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

上班 (shàng bān) means "to go to work". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

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

Where 上班 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàng bān correctly.
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