Chinese word

轮班

Pronunciation

Pinyinlún bān

Meaning

  • verbwork shifts

Example

工厂的工人每天轮班。gōng chǎng de gōng rén měi tiān lún bān

Factory workers work shifts every day.

Illustration for 轮班 (work shifts)

More examples

医院的护士需要轮班上夜班。yī yuàn de hù shì xū yào lún bān shàng yè bān

Hospital nurses need to work rotating night shifts.

Core concept

A workplace duty moves around a roster of people in regular turns.

Common phrases

  • 轮班工作lún bān gōng zuò

    work shifts

  • 轮班上夜班lún bān shàng yè bān

    work rotating night shifts

Similar words

值班zhí bān: Remain on duty at a workplace during an assigned shift.
倒班dǎo bān: Work at changing times by rotating between different shifts.
轮流lún liú: Do something one at a time in a set order.
换班huàn bān: Exchange work shifts so that different people take over duties.

Definition in Chinese

指按顺序将同一岗位在多人之间轮流承担，强调有固定班次或轮班制度的工作安排。zhǐ àn shùn xù jiāng tóng yì gǎng wèi zài duō rén zhī jiān lún liú chéng dān qiáng diào yǒu gù dìng bān cì huò lún bān zhì dù de gōng zuò ān pái

Word origin

轮 (lún, "rotate") contributes the turning cycle, and 班 (bān, "work shift") identifies the organized work group or period being rotated.

Usage tips

  • The workers or teams can be the subject, so Chinese often uses this verb directly when discussing who covers a rotating schedule.

Other meanings

  • shift worknoun

Related words

  • 轮班制lún bān zhìshift systemnoun
  • 轮班表lún bān biǎoshift schedulenoun

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