上班

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngbān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ baan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sông-pân
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-pan / siāng-pan / chiūⁿ-pan / chiǔⁿ-pan / chiōⁿ-pan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ bang¹ / zion⁶ bang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngban
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan¹
    • Yale: shàng-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqban
    • Palladius: шанбань (šanbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上班兒／上班儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbanr
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-bānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbal
    • Palladius: шанбаньр (šanbanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ baan¹
    • Yale: séuhng bāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ baan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ paːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-pân
    • Hakka Romanization System: song´ ban´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-pan
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngpafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² pan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-pan
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngpafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-pan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxpafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-pan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-pan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² pan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-pan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixpafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziên⁶ bang¹ / zion⁶ bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ pang / tsiŏⁿ pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/, /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/

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.

Synonyms

• 出勤 (chūqín)

Antonyms

• 下班 (xiàbān)

Derived terms

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