上班

shàngbān

Novice Level 2*
Separable verb

上班 (shàngbān) is a Chinese word meaning “to go to work”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to go to work
  2. to be on duty
  3. to start work
  4. to go to the office

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Example

爸爸去上班了,晚上才回來。

Dad went to work; he won't be back until evening.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).