下班 (haa6 baan1 | xia4 ban1) : to come off work

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

下班

haa6 baan1

xia4 ban1

to come off work; to get off work; to stop work for the day; to knock off. | Syn.: 收工 | [粵]: 落班, 放工

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,930,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

下班

This word has been viewed 2758 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2008 17:37

Output this word as a high resolution image

Characters in this word:

下 haa6 haa5 - under; lower; next; go down
班 baan1 - class; shift; scheduled runs

1 compounds containing this word:

下班時間 - closing time

Showing 1 example containing 下班

我而家喺機場等緊下班機。粵
I am waiting for the next plane at the airport.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1783/]下班[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1783/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">下班</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 下班

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping. Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).
the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum