班

MEANING

1. 壹名noun

   team; class; grade

   中一群人；学生的集合体yī qún rén；xuésheng de jíhéti

   • wǒmenshìtóngyígèbān.

     我们是同一个班。🔊

     We are in the same class.

   • Tāzàiyèbāngōngzuòleshínián。

     她在夜班工作了十年。🔊

     She has been working the night shift for ten years.

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   • wǒzhènghǎogǎnshànglezuìhòuyìbānhuǒchē。

     我正好赶上了最后一班火车。🔊

     I just barely made it onto the last train.

   • zhègebānlǐméiyǒurénxiàngBillyíyànggāo。

     这个班里没有人像Bill一样高。🔊

     No one in this class is as tall as Bill.

2. 貳量measure word

   classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

   中一组按时间安排的人或交通工具yī zǔ ànshíjiān ānpái de rén huò jiāotōng gōngjù

   • Xiàyībānfēijīyàoděngsāngèxiǎoshí.

     下一班飞机要等三个小时。🔊

     The next flight isn't for another three hours.

3. 參名noun

   work shift

   中一段工作时间；轮流工作的组织yī duàn gōngzuò shíjiān；lúnliú gōngzuò de zǔzhī

   • nǐshàngnǎgebān?

     你上哪个班？🔊

     Which shift do you work?

   • Tājīntiānshàngyèbān,míngtiāncáinéngxiūxi.

     她今天上夜班，明天才能休息。🔊

     She's working the night shift today and won't get a day off until tomorrow.

4. 肆名noun

   (military) squad

   中军队中的最小组织单位，通常由十几个人组成jūnduì zhōng de zuì xiǎo zǔzhī dānwèi, tōngcháng yóu shíjǐ ge rén zǔchéng

   • tāshìyīgèbānzhǎng.

     他是一个班长。🔊

     He is a class monitor.

   • Měigèbānyóushímíngshìbīngzǔchéng。

     每个班由十名士兵组成。🔊

     Each squad consists of ten soldiers.

5. 伍名noun

   surname Ban

   中姓氏，人的家族名称xìngshì、rén de jiāzú míngchèng

   • BānGùshìDōngHànzhùmíngdelìshǐxuéjiā。

     班固是东汉著名的历史学家。🔊

     Ban Gu was a renowned historian of the Eastern Han dynasty.