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bān
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. team
  2. 2. class
  3. 3. squad
  4. 4. work shift
  5. 5. ranking
  6. 6. classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

Example Sentences

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飛機準時起飛。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 868459)

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Words Containing 班

班车
bān chē

regular bus (service)

唱诗班
chàng shī bān

choir

单班课
dān bān kè

individual lesson

原班人马
yuán bān rén mǎ

original cast

班卓琴
bān zhuó qín

banjo (loanword)

日班
rì bān

day shift

上下班
shàng xià bān

to start and finish work

接班
jiē bān

to take over (from those working the previous shift)

班达亚齐
bān dá yà qí

Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra

坐班
zuò bān
西班牙文
xī bān yá wén

Spanish (language)

班戈
bān gē

Baingoin county, Tibetan: Dpal mgon rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

班导师
bān dǎo shī

homeroom teacher

鲁班
lǔ bān

Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry

米利班德
mǐ lì bān dé

Milliband (name)

班子
bān zi

organized group

班主
bān zhǔ

leader of a theatrical troupe

讲习班
jiǎng xí bān

instructional workshop

班加罗尔
bān jiā luó ěr

Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦[kǎ nà tǎ kè bāng]

班导
bān dǎo

homeroom teacher

班师
bān shī

to withdraw troops from the front

班禅
bān chán

Panchen (Lama)

按步就班
àn bù jiù bān

follow the prescribed order

佣人领班
yōng rén lǐng bān

butler

三班倒
sān bān dǎo

three-shift system (work rostering)

探班
tàn bān

to check on sb at his workplace

插班
chā bān

to join a class partway through the course

西班牙港
xī bān yá gǎng

Port-of-Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago

班上
bān shàng

(in the) class

班会
bān huì

class meeting (in schools)

坐班房
zuò bān fáng
大卫·米利班德
dà wèi · mǐ lì bān dé

David Miliband (1965-), UK politician

倒班
dǎo bān

to change shifts

班代
bān dài

class president

班台
bān tái

office desk

牙班
yá bān

dental plaque

埃德·米利班德
āi dé · mǐ lì bān dé

Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

接班人
jiē bān rén

successor

排班
pái bān

to arrange (shifts, runs, classes etc) in order

分班
fēn bān

to divide people into groups, teams, squads etc

按部就班
àn bù jiù bān

to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)

班期
bān qī

schedule (for flights, voyages etc)

班超
bān chāo

Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man

草台班子
cǎo tái bān zi

small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages

班什
bān shí

Binche (Belgian city)

西班牙人
xī bān yá rén

Spaniard

班级
bān jí

class (group of students)

班玛县
bān mǎ xiàn

Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[guǒ luò zhōu], Qinghai

班秃
bān tū

spot baldness (alopecia areata)

替班
tì bān

to act as substitute

塔利班
tǎ lì bān

the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan

杜嘉班纳
dù jiā bān nà

Dolce & Gabbana (fashion)

格林斯班
gé lín sī bān

Alan Greenspan (1926-), US economist

北布拉班特
běi bù lā bān tè

Noord Brabant, Netherlands

班组
bān zǔ

group or team (in factories etc)

班门弄斧
bān mén nòng fǔ

to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

班次
bān cì

grade

脱班
tuō bān

behind schedule

班达海
bān dá hǎi

Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago

快班
kuài bān

advanced stream (in school)

讨论班
tǎo lùn bān

seminar

上下班时间
shàng xià bān shí jiān

rush hour

培训班
péi xùn bān

training class

值班
zhí bān

to work a shift

翘班
qiào bān

to skip work

领班
lǐng bān

supervisor

下班
xià bān

to finish work

放牛班
fàng niú bān

class of underachievers

班玛
bān mǎ

Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[guǒ luò zhōu], Qinghai

交班
jiāo bān

to hand over to the next workshift

西班牙语
xī bān yá yǔ

Spanish language

班草
bān cǎo

the most handsome boy in the class

同班同学
tóng bān tóng xué

classmate

上班族
shàng bān zú

office workers (as social group)

夜班
yè bān

night shift

班机
bān jī

airliner

交接班
jiāo jiē bān

to change shift

班珠尔
bān zhū ěr

Banjul, capital of Gambia

古尔班通古特沙漠
gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè shā mò

Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang

顶班
dǐng bān

to take over sb else's job

航班表
háng bān biǎo

flight schedule

班伯里
bān bó lǐ

Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia

短训班
duǎn xùn bān

short training course

捐班
juān bān

to contribute

速成班
sù chéng bān

intensive course

班辈
bān bèi

seniority in the family

大班
dà bān

tai-pan

代班
dài bān

to substitute for

当班
dāng bān

to work one's shift

民航班机
mín háng bān jī

civilian plane

同班
tóng bān

to be in the same class

编班
biān bān

to group students into classes

编班考试
biān bān kǎo shì

placement test

常态编班
cháng tài biān bān

see 常態分班|常态分班[cháng tài fēn bān]

班长
bān zhǎng

class monitor

跟班
gēn bān

attendant

班主任
bān zhǔ rèn

teacher in charge of a class

班克西
bān kè xī

Banksy (British street artist)

托管班
tuō guǎn bān

after-school program

班固
bān gù

Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书

慢班
màn bān

remedial stream (in school)

班戈县
bān gē xiàn

Baingoin county, Tibetan: Dpal mgon rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

布里斯班
bù lǐ sī bān

Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia

西班牙
xī bān yá

Spain

德班
dé bān

Durban (city in South Africa)

班线
bān xiàn

route (of a bus etc)

转接班机
zhuǎn jiē bān jī

connecting flight

加班费
jiā bān fèi

overtime pay

班禅喇嘛
bān chán lǎ ma

Panchen Lama

班底
bān dǐ

ordinary members of theatrical troupe

班纪德
bān jì dé

pancetta (Italian belly)

上班时间
shàng bān shí jiān

working hours; office hours

班吉
bān jí

Bangui, capital of Central African Republic

班荆相对
bān jīng xiāng duì

to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)

班花
bān huā

the prettiest girl in the class

班图斯坦
bān tú sī tǎn

Bantustan

加班
jiā bān

to work overtime

航班
háng bān

(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

跷班
qiāo bān

see 翹班|翘班[qiào bān]

班务会
bān wù huì

a routine meeting of a squad

早早班
zǎo zǎo bān

preschool group for kids aged three or less

班伯利
bān bó lì

Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia

换班
huàn bān

to change shift

辅导班
fǔ dǎo bān

tutorial class

轮班
lún bān

shift working

班轮
bān lún

regular passenger or cargo ship

班禅额尔德尼
bān chán é ěr dé ní

Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama

补习班
bǔ xí bān

cram class

白班
bái bān

day shift

留班
liú bān

to repeat a year in school

班雅明
bān yǎ míng

Benjamin (name)

末班车
mò bān chē

last bus or train

直达航班
zhí dá háng bān

direct flight

班房
bān fáng

jail

早班
zǎo bān

early shift; morning work shift

长班
cháng bān

servant

上班
shàng bān

to go to work

托班
tuō bān

after-school program

学前班
xué qián bān

preschool

全班
quán bān

the whole class