下班

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Chinese

under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
team; class; rank
team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
 
trad. (下班) 下 班
simp. #(下班) 下 班

Pronunciation

Verb

下⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to finish work; to get off work
  2. to be closed (for business)

Synonyms

  • (to finish work):
Dialectal synonyms of 下班 (“to get off work; to finish work for the day”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 下班, 放工, 收工, 散工
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 下班
Harbin 收工
Malaysia 放工
Singapore 放工, 下班, 收工
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 下班兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 下班兒, 放工
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 下班兒, 下工, 收工
Wanrong 下班, 下晌
Xi'an 下班, 放工
Xining 下班, 下工
Xuzhou 收工, 收
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 下工, 收工
Lanzhou 收工
Ürümqi 下班, 收工
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 收工
Wuhan 收工
Guiyang 收活路
Liuzhou 收工
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 收工
Yangzhou 下班, 收工
Cantonese Guangzhou 放工, 收工, 落班
Hong Kong 放工, 收工
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 放工
Macau 放工
Guangzhou (Panyu) 放工, 落班
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 收工
Guangzhou (Conghua) 放工
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 收工, 下班
Foshan 落班
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 放工
Foshan (Shunde) 收工
Foshan (Sanshui) 收工
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 落班
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 收工
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 放工, 收工
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 收工
Zhuhai (Doumen) 收工
Jiangmen (Baisha) 收工
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 收工
Taishan 收工, 放工
Kaiping (Chikan) 收工, 放工
Enping (Niujiang) 收工
Heshan (Yayao) 落班
Dongguan 放工, 落班, 收工
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 放工
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 收工
Singapore (Guangfu) 收工
Gan Lichuan 下班, 收工
Pingxiang 下班, 收工
Hakka Meixian 放工, 下工, 收工, 落班, 下班
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 放工
Dongguan (Qingxi) 放工
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 放工
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 收工
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 落班
Yudu 收工
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 下班
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 下班
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 下班
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 下班
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 下班
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 下班
Senai (Huiyang) 收工
Kuching (Hepo) 放工
Huizhou Jixi 下班
Jin Taiyuan 下班, 收工
Xinzhou 下班兒, 收工
Eastern Min Fuzhou 落班
Southern Min Xiamen 落班, 放工, 散工
Quanzhou 落班, 放工, 散工
Zhangzhou 落班, 放工, 散工
Taipei 放工 GT
Tainan 下班, 散工
Singapore (Hokkien) 放工, 收工
Manila (Hokkien) 散工, 放工
Chaozhou 落班
Shantou 落班
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 落班
Haikou 落班, 落工, 收工
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 收工
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 落班, 收工
Wu Shanghai 落班, 下班, 收工
Shanghai (Chongming) 收工
Suzhou 收工
Danyang 下班, 放工, 收工, 歇工
Hangzhou 落班, 歇工
Ningbo 落班, 收工
Wenzhou 落班
Jinhua 落班, 收工
Xiang Changsha 收工
Loudi 下班, 散工
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to finish work”): 上班 (shàngbān)

Note

In China, 下班 (xiàbān) is used in a generic sense, while 放工 (fànggōng) is used only for manual labour. However, this distinction is not made in Singapore.

Adjective

  1. (transport, attributive) next scheduled service (bus, train, flight, etc.)
    下班機／下班机  ―  xiàbānjī  ―  next flight
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