班bānteam; class; grade
班 (bān) means "class" or "team," a group of students or workers, as in 我们班 (our class). It can also mean a "work shift," as in 晚班 (night shift), and appears in words like 上班 (go to work) and 下班 (finish work).
What does 班 mean?
- 1.
team; class; gradenoun
- 2.
work shiftnoun
What does the character 班 mean?
- 班team; class; grade
How do you use 班?
班 often follows a pronoun or number directly, as in 我们班 or 三班, without 的.
Patterns
pronoun + 班
你们班有多少人?
Nǐmen bān yǒu duōshao rén?
How many people are in your class?
What are some examples of 班 in a sentence?
How is 班 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你是哪个班的?
Nǐ shì nǎge bān de?
Which class are you in?
- Speaker B:
我是三班的。你呢?
Wǒ shì sān bān de. Nǐ ne?
I'm in Class 3. What about you?
- Speaker A:
我是一班的,我们的老师是王老师。
Wǒ shì yī bān de, wǒmen de lǎoshī shì Wáng lǎoshī.
I'm in Class 1. Our teacher is Teacher Wang.
- Speaker B:
我认识她,她的课很有意思。
Wǒ rènshi tā, tā de kè hěn yǒu yìsi.
I know her. Her classes are really interesting.
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- 上面shàng miànon top ofHSK 2
- 下面xià miànbelowHSK 2
- 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; businessHSK 2
- 前面qián miànahead; in frontHSK 2
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.