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班

bān

HSK 3 Character

What 班 means

1. team; class; grade
2. militarysquad
3. work shift
4. classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

Other readings

班 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Bānsurname Ban

Example sentences

• 航班取消了
  Hángbān qǔxiāo le
  The flight was cancelled.
• 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.
• 汤姆上夜班。
  Tāngmǔ shàngyè bān.
  Tom is working the night shift.
• 她和我同班。
  Tā hé wǒ tóngbān.
  She and I are in the same class.
• 你几点值班?
  What time are you going on duty?

Words starting with 班

• 班主任bān zhǔ rènteacher in charge of a class
• 班长bān zhǎngclass monitor; squad leader; team leader
• 班级bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
• 班车bān chēregular bus (service)
• 班子bān ziorganized group; theatrical troupe
• 班机bān jīairliner; (regular) flight
• 班次bān cìgrade; class number (in school); flight or run number
• 班会bān huìclass meeting (in schools)
• 班禅Bān chánPanchen (Lama); abbr. for 班禅额尔德尼
• 班组bān zǔgroup or team (in factories etc)
• 班主bān zhǔleader of a theatrical troupe
• 班房bān fángjail
• 班上bān shàng(in the) class
• 班代bān dài(Taiwan) class representative; class president
• 班基Bān jīBangui, capital of Central African Republic (Tw)
• 班导bān dǎo(Taiwan) teacher in charge of a class; homeroom teacher
• 班期bān qīschedule (for flights, voyages etc)
• 班台bān táioffice desk
• 班线bān xiànroute (of a bus etc)
• 班草bān cǎothe most handsome boy in the class
• 班轮bān lúnregular passenger or cargo ship; regular steamship service
• 班克斯Bān kè sī(surname) Banks; Banksy (UK artist)
• 班克西Bān kè xīBanksy (British street artist)
• 班务会bān wù huìa routine meeting of a squad; team or class

Words containing 班

• 上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty; to start work
• 加班jiā bānto work overtime
• 航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
• 值班zhí bānto work a shift; on duty
• 西班牙Xī bān yáSpain
• 下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
• 全班quán bānthe whole class
• 培训班péi xùn bāntraining class
• 西班牙语Xī bān yá yǔSpanish language
• 同班tóng bānto be in the same class; to be in the same squad; classmate
• 辅导班fǔ dǎo bāntutorial class; remedial class; preparatory course
• 上下班shàng xià bānto start and finish work
• 夜班yè bānnight shift
• 接班人jiē bān rénsuccessor
• 西班牙文Xī bān yá wénSpanish (language)
• 领导班子lǐng dǎo bān zileadership group; the leadership
• 上班族shàng bān zúoffice workers (as social group)
• 领班lǐng bānsupervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
• 补习班bǔ xí bāncram class; cram school; evening classes
• 大班dà bāntai-pan; business executive; foreign business manager
• 按部就班àn bù jiù bān(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
• 塔利班Tǎ lì bānthe Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
• 跟班gēn bānattendant; footman (servant)
• 末班车mò bān chēlast bus or train; last chance

Characters that look like 班

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 猖chāngferocious
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素

Sounds the same

Read bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 般sort; kind; class
• 搬to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 颁to promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 斑spot; colored patch; stripe
• 扳to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 瘢mark; scar on the skin
• 斒variegated; striped; marbled
• 癍abnormal pigment deposit on the skin
• 攽variant of 颁