Chinese Conversation · Level 9
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Chinese word
夜班
Pronunciation
Pinyinyè bān
Meaning
- nounnight shift
Example
今天我上了夜班，很累。jīn tiān wǒ shàng le yè bān hěn lèi
Today I worked the night shift and feel very tired.
More examples
他这个月经常要做夜班。tā zhè ge yuè jīng cháng yào zuò yè bān
This month, he often has to work the night shift.
Core concept
A scheduled work period that begins at night and continues into the early morning.
Common phrases
上夜班shàng yè bān
work the night shift
做夜班zuò yè bān
work the night shift
Similar words
晚班wǎn bān: A work shift that starts in the evening and continues into the late night.
日班rì bān: A work shift held during the day, usually from morning until late afternoon.
早班zǎo bān: A work shift that starts early in the morning and ends in the morning.
中班zhōng bān: A work shift held from the afternoon until the evening.
Definition in Chinese
夜间进行的工作班次，指从夜晚到次日凌晨承担工作的轮次。yè jiān jìn xíng de gōng zuò bān cì zhǐ cóng yè wǎn dào cì rì líng chén chéng dān gōng zuò de lún cì
Word origin
夜 (yè, "night") + 班 (bān, "shift") combines the time of duty with its assigned work period.
Usage tips
- In conversational Chinese, the verb around this noun matters: it can show that a worker starts, swaps, or covers the duty, rather than the noun alone describing a time of day.
Other meanings
- graveyard shiftnoun
Opposites
- 白班bái bānday shiftnoun
Related words
- 夜班费yè bān fèinight-shift paynoun
- 夜班制yè bān zhìnight-shift systemnoun