上班 shàng bān go to work
go to work; be on duty
How to remember 上班: 上 above + 班 class = go to work.
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How it is used
- Go to work / be on the job - 我八点上班 (wǒ bā diǎn shàngbān) I start work at eight.
- Verb-object pair, so it splits: 上了一天班 worked a whole day. The opposite is 下班 (get off work) - 下班以后 (xiàbān yǐhòu) after work.
- It's about being on duty at a job, not the work itself - for that use 工作.
Example sentences
- 今晚谁上班？ Jīnwǎn shuí shàngbān?Who's working tonight?
- 他走路上班。 Tā zǒulù shàngbān.He commutes to work on foot.
- 我在城市上班，但是住在郊区。 Wǒ zài chéngshì shàngbān, dànshì zhùzài jiāoqū.I work in the city, but live in the suburbs.