Chinese word

接班

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiē bān

Meaning

  • verbtake over

Example

我下班了，你来接班吗？wǒ xià bān le nǐ lái jiē bān ma

I'm off work. Will you take over?

Illustration for 接班 (take over)

More examples

经理来接班后，项目推进得更顺利。jīng lǐ lái jiē bān hòu xiàng mù tuī jìn de gèng shùn lì

After the manager took over, the project moved forward more smoothly.

Core concept

A person steps into another person's work role, either for the next shift or for a temporary period of responsibility.

Common phrases

  • 派人接班pài rén jiē bān

    send someone to take over

  • 开始接班kāi shǐ jiē bān

    start taking over

  • 轮流接班lún liú jiē bān

    take turns taking over

Similar words

代班dài bān: Work a shift or duty in another person's place.
换班huàn bān: Swap work shifts with another person.
交班jiāo bān: Hand over a work shift or duty to the person taking over.
接手jiē shǒu: Take over another person's work or task and handle it.

Definition in Chinese

接替他人岗位或任务，代替对方承担工作，既可指短期轮班也可指暂时接任某项职责。jiē tì tā rén gǎng wèi huò rèn wù dài tì duì fāng chéng dān gōng zuò jì kě zhǐ duǎn qī lún bān yě kě zhǐ zàn shí jiē rèn mǒu xiàng zhí zé

Word origin

接 (jiē, "receive") + 班 (bān, "work shift") forms a verb for receiving another person's assigned shift or post.

Usage tips

  • In everyday workplace talk, this word often appears when one person is finishing a shift and another is about to start, making it useful for arranging coverage.

Other meanings

  • succeedverb

Opposites

  • 交班jiāo bānhand oververb

Related words

  • 接班制度jiē bān zhì dùshift-work systemnoun
  • 接班安排jiē bān ān páishift-work arrangementnoun

Word lists with this word