Learn Chinese Characters

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 menwebānteam一共yí gòngin totalyǒuto have四十sì shíforty名学míng xuélogicshengto arise