VocabularyHSK 3 · core

上班

shàngbān

to go to work

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

我每天九点上班。
I go to work at nine every day.
他今天没上班。
He didn't go to work today.

Collocations

上班时间去上班不上班

Mnemonic

上班 shàngbān "to go to work" — 上 (go up/to) + 班 (shift). Literally "go up to shift". Pattern: 上学 (go to school), 上班 (go to work), 上课 (attend class). Pair: 下班.

Quick check

How does a student "go to school"?