Meaning
team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word
Chinese: 班级、班组;也指轮值、调度。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ban” becomes a different word in each tone. 班 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- 下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
- 班长bān zhǎngclass monitor; squad leader; team leader
- 班级bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
- 航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
Example Sentence
我们班一共有四十名学生。Wǒ men bān yí gòng yǒu sì shí míng xué sheng.Our class has forty students in total.
我们Wǒ menwe班bānteam一共yí gòngin total有yǒuto have四十sì shíforty名学míng xuélogic生shengto arise。