Chinese word

替班

Pronunciation

Pinyintì bān

Meaning

  • verbcover a shift

Example

今天我要替班，所以下午有空。jīn tiān wǒ yào tì bān suó yǐ xià wǔ yǒu kòng

Today I am covering a shift, so I have the afternoon free.

Illustration for 替班 (cover a shift)

More examples

老师让我明天去替班，所以我不能请假。lǎo shī ràng wǒ míng tiān qù tì bān suó yǐ wǒ bù néng qǐng jià

My teacher asked me to cover a shift tomorrow, so I cannot take time off.

Core concept

One person carries out another person's assigned duty for a limited work period.

Common phrases

  • 去替班qù tì bān

    go cover a shift

  • 帮别人替班bāng bié rén tì bān

    cover a shift for someone else

  • 临时替班lín shí tì bān

    temporarily fill in

Similar words

代班dài bān: Doing another worker's assigned duties for that worker's scheduled period as a temporary substitute.
换班huàn bān: Swapping work shifts with another worker so each person takes the other's scheduled time.
接班jiē bān: Taking over a work shift from the person finishing it and continuing the duty.
顶班dǐng bān: Filling an absent worker's duties when a workplace has a gap or too few staff.

Definition in Chinese

临时替代他人的工作或班次，承担当时的职责。lín shí tì dài tā rén de gōng zuò huò bān cì chéng dān dāng shí de zhí zé

Word origin

The compound 替 (tì, "replace") + 班 (bān, "work shift") names the act of replacing the worker assigned to a particular shift.

Usage tips

  • The word is useful in casual scheduling messages because it focuses on handling a particular duty period, not on changing a worker's long-term position.

Other meanings

  • act as a substituteverb

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