上班

shàngbān

Traditional: 上班

#1235 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to go to work, to be at work

Word origin

A compound of 上 (shàng, to go up or onto) and 班 (bān, a work shift or class). To go onto one's shift is to go to work.

Origin
compound
Root
上 (shàng, to go onto) + 班 (bān, work shift)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 上

Stroke order for 班

Examples

I go to work at eight every day.

tiě

She takes the underground to work.

I do not have to work today.

He is never late for work.

The traffic on the way to work was heavy.

上班 (shàng bān) means to go to work or to be at work. Its opposite is 下班, to finish work.

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This word is part of lesson 25.