上班

Chinese
 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
simp. and trad.
(上班)		 上 班

Pronunciation
Note:
  • ziên6 bang1 - Chaozhou;
  • zion6 bang1 - Jieyang.

Verb

上班

  1. to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift
    我每天坐地鐵去上班。 [MSC, trad.]
    我每天坐地铁去上班。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
    I take the subway to work every day.
    我天天上班沒事幹。 [MSC, trad.]
    我天天上班没事干。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ tiāntiān shàngbān méishì gàn. [Pinyin]
    There's never anything for me to do at work.
  2. to be open (for business); to be trading

Usage notes

There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.

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