Chinese word

白班

Pronunciation

Pinyinbái bān

Meaning

  • nounday shift

Example

工厂通常有白班和夜班。gōng chǎng tōng cháng yǒu bái bān hé yè bān

Factories usually have day and night shifts.

Illustration for 白班 (day shift)

More examples

我这周轮到上白班。wǒ zhè zhōu lún dào shàng bái bān

This week, it's my turn to work the day shift.

Core concept

A work team or duty period assigned to the part of the daily schedule when a workplace operates in daylight.

Common phrases

  • 上白班shàng bái bān

    work the day shift

  • 值白班zhí bái bān

    be assigned to the day shift

  • 白班和夜班bái bān hé yè bān

    day and night shifts

  • 白班时间bái bān shí jiān

    day-shift hours

Similar words

日班rì bān: A work period assigned to the daytime hours, typically from morning until evening.
夜班yè bān: A scheduled period of work during the night or from evening onward.
轮班lún bān: A work schedule in which teams alternate through different shifts in turn.

Definition in Chinese

企业或工厂中从早晨到傍晚的工作班次，属于日间班，常被称为白班或日班。qǐ yè huò gōng chǎng zhōng cóng zǎo chén dào bàng wǎn de gōng zuò bān cì shǔ yú rì jiān bān cháng bèi chēng wéi bái bān huò rì bān

Word origin

白班 (báibān, "day shift") is a transparent compound of 白 (bái, "white") and 班 (bān, "shift"), contrasting daylight with the darkness associated with overnight work.

Usage tips

  • The term is useful in roster talk because it names a person's assigned period even when that period does not cover every daylight hour.

Other meanings

  • early shiftnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 白班制bái bān zhìday-shift systemnoun

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