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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 上班

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
上班 shàng bān - to go to work
- to be on duty
- to start work
- to go to the office

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 1 1,294 1,698 576

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (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
bān- surname Ban
bān- team; class; grade
- (military) squad
- work shift
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

Other Words Containing 上班

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
上班 2 1 1,294 1,698 576
上班族 - - 26,724 - -