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上班

shàng bān

HSK 1 · word 313 of 3,000

Meaning

• to go to work
• to be on duty
• to start work

Example sentence

Characters in 上班

• 上 shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
• 班 bān team; class; grade

上 to go up or onto plus 班, a work shift. 下班 is the counterpart, and the pair works like 上课 and 下课 for classes.

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