上班

Character by character

• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up
• 班bān10 strokesHSK 1class, group, grade; squad; job

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Example sentences

• 你几点上班？

  Nǐ jǐ diǎn shàng bān

  What time are you going to work?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 上班. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 上shàngHSK 1

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1

  evening; night; in the evening

• 马上mǎ shàngHSK 1

  at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

• 早上zǎo shangHSK 1

  early morning

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 班bānHSK 1

  team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 路上lù shangHSK 1

  on the road; on a journey; road surface

• 加上jiā shàngHSK 5

  plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 地上dì shangHSK 1

  on the ground; on the floor

• 上午shàng wǔHSK 1

  morning

• 上周shàng zhōuHSK 2

  last week

• 上帝shàng dìHSK 6

  God

• 网上wǎng shàngHSK 1

  online

• 看上去kàn shang quHSK 3

  it would appear; it seems (that)

• 上升shàng shēngHSK 3

  to rise; to go up; to ascend

• 上次shàng cìHSK 1

  last time

• 上学shàng xuéHSK 1

  to go to school; to attend school

• 上课shàng kèHSK 1

  to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class