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下班

xià bān

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

下班 (xià bān) means "to get off work". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下班 means

1. to finish work; to get off work
2. next service (train, bus etc)

The characters in 下班

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift

Example sentences

• 你几点下班？
  When are you getting off work?
• 你几时下班？
  When do you finish work?

Words containing 下班

• 上下班shàng xià bānto start and finish work

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xià bān correctly.
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