Chinese word

加班车

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiā bān chē

Meaning

  • nounovertime shuttle bus

Example

因为要加班，他乘了公司的加班车。yīn wèi yào jiā bān tā chéng le gōng sī de jiā bān chē

Because he had to work overtime, he took the company's overtime shuttle bus.

Illustration for 加班车 (overtime shuttle bus)

More examples

我习惯跟邻居一起搭加班车回家。wǒ xí guàn gēn lín jū yì qǐ dā jiā bān chē huí jiā

I am used to riding the overtime shuttle bus home with my neighbor.

Core concept

A scheduled vehicle added to cover commuting beyond the normal service window.

Common phrases

  • 搭加班车dā jiā bān chē

    ride the overtime shuttle bus

  • 等加班车děng jiā bān chē

    wait for the overtime shuttle bus

  • 公司安排的加班车gōng sī ān pái de jiā bān chē

    company-provided overtime shuttle bus

Similar words

班车bān chē: A regularly scheduled bus that carries employees or users along a set route.
下班车xià bān chē: A company vehicle for taking workers home when their shift ends.
专车zhuān chē: A specially arranged vehicle for a particular person, group, or use.

Definition in Chinese

在正常运营时间之外增设的车辆班次，用来接送需要加班或晚班上下班的乘客，也可指单位统一安排的送员工车辆。zài zhèng cháng yùn yíng shí jiān zhī wài zēng shè de chē liàng bān cì yòng lái jiē sòng xū yào jiā bān huò wǎn bān shàng xià bān de chéng kè yě kě zhǐ dān wèi tǒng yì ān pái de sòng yuán gōng chē liàng

Word origin

The compound 加 (jiā, "add") + 班 (bān, "work shift") + 车 (chē, "vehicle") joins the idea of an added shift to a vehicle that serves people traveling at that time.

Usage tips

  • The English word "overtime" usually describes extra work, while Chinese can attach that schedule to the name of a vehicle, so the word does not describe a kind of work itself.

Other meanings

  • temporary commuter busnoun

Opposites

  • 下班车xià bān chēafter-work busnoun

Related words

  • 加班费jiā bān fèiovertime paynoun
  • 加班族jiā bān zúovertime workernoun

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