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班bānteam; class; grade

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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. 1.

    team; class; gradenoun

  2. 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?

  1. 我们班有二十个同学。

    Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge tóngxué.

    Our class has twenty classmates.

  2. 他今天上晚班。

    Tā jīntiān shàng wǎnbān.

    He is on the night shift today.

How is 班 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你是哪个班的?

    Nǐ shì nǎge bān de?

    Which class are you in?

  2. Speaker B:

    我是三班的。你呢?

    Wǒ shì sān bān de. Nǐ ne?

    I'm in Class 3. What about you?

  3. 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.

  4. 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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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.