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值班

zhí bān

HSK 6 2-character word

What 值班 means

1. to work a shift
2. on duty

The characters in 值班

• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift

Example sentences

• 今天谁值班？
  Jīntiān shéi zhíbān?
  Who's on duty today?
• 我正在值班。
  Wǒ zhèngzài zhíbān.
  I am on duty now.
• 你几点值班?
  What time are you going on duty?
• 「今天谁值班？」「我值班。」
  "Who's on duty today?" "I'm on duty."
• 暴动开始时只有一位监狱长值班。
  Bàodòng kāishǐ shí zhǐ yǒu yī wèi jiānyù cháng zhíbān.
  There was only one warden on duty when the riot started.