上班
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[edit]up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (上班) | 上 | 班 | |
| simp. #(上班) | 上 | 班 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang4 ban1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng5 baan1
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zaon-pe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàngban
- Wade–Giles: shang4-pan1
- Yale: shàng-bān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqban
- Palladius: шанбань (šanbanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上班兒／上班儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbanr
- Wade–Giles: shang4-pan1-ʼrh
- Yale: shàng-bānr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbal
- Palladius: шанбаньр (šanbanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: sang4 ban1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangban
- Sinological IPA (key): /saŋ²¹³ pan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: soeng5 baan1
- Yale: séuhng bāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng5 baan1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng5 ban1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ¹³ paːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-pân
- Hakka Romanization System: songˊ banˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: song1 ban1
- Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shongˋ banˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ʃoŋ⁵³ pan⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-pan
- Tâi-lô: siāng-pan
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngpafn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-pan
- Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-pan
- Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxpafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-pan
- Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-pan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² pan³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-pan
- Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-pan
- Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixpafn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziên6 bang1 / zion6 bang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ pang / tsiŏⁿ pang
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/, /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/
Note:
- ziên6 bang1 - Chaozhou;
- zion6 bang1 - Shantou, Jieyang.
Verb
[edit]上⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift
- to be open (for business); to be trading
Usage notes
[edit]There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.
Synonyms
[edit]- 出勤 (chūqín)
Dialectal synonyms of 上班 (“to go to work”) [map]
Antonyms
[edit]- 下班 (xiàbān)
Derived terms
[edit]- 上班族 (shàngbānzú)
References
[edit]- “Entry #50496”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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