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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

上班

shàngbān

to go to work

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to go to work

02

to be on duty

03

to start work

04

to go to the office

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 上班

What does 上班 mean in Chinese?

上班 (shàngbān) means to go to work.

How do you pronounce 上班?

上班 is pronounced shàngbān.

Is 上班 an HSK word?

上班 is on the HSK 1 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 上班?

上班 is used as a 动词 (verb) in Chinese.

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