Chinese word

调班

Pronunciation

Pinyindiào bān

Meaning

  • verbswap shifts

Example

我和同事调班了，他替我上早班。wǒ hé tóng shì diào bān le tā tì wǒ shàng zǎo bān

My coworker and I swapped shifts, and he worked my morning shift.

Illustration for 调班 (swap shifts)

More examples

因为有事，我跟同事调班了。yīn wèi yǒu shì wǒ gēn tóng shì diào bān le

Because I had something to do, I swapped shifts with a coworker.

Core concept

An assigned work slot is shifted within the roster, either to a new time or to another worker.

Common phrases

  • 跟同事调班gēn tóng shì diào bān

    swap shifts with a coworker

  • 向经理申请调班xiàng jīng lǐ shēn qǐng diào bān

    request a shift change from the manager

Similar words

换班huàn bān: Trade assigned work times with another person.
排班pái bān: Arrange the order and times of workers' shifts.
调配diào pèi: Distribute people or resources according to current needs.
调动diào dòng: Move a person to a different department or position.

Definition in Chinese

在工作排班中由管理者或排班系统调整某人的班次或上班时间，使其由他人代替或更换到其它班次。zài gōng zuò pái bān zhōng yóu guán lí zhě huò pái bān xì tǒng tiáo zhěng mǒu rén de bān cì huò shàng bān shí jiān shǐ qí yóu tā rén dài tì huò gēng huàn dào qí tā bān cì

Word origin

调 (diào, "adjust or move") combines with 班 (bān, "work shift") to describe a change in a planned work assignment.

Usage tips

  • The subject can be a manager or scheduling system, while the affected worker can appear after the verb, a useful pattern for reading staff notices.

Other meanings

  • reschedule a shiftverb

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