HSK 3.0 Level 1 · School

下班 xiàbān “to finish work” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 下班 means

  1. to finish work
  2. to get off work
  3. next service (train, bus etc)

How to say 下班

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale下xià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale班bān1st tone, high and level

下班 in a sentence

  1. 你几点下班？

    Nǐ jǐ diǎn xiàbān?

    What time do you finish work?

    Sentence #2302302 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我今天能早点下班吗？

    Wǒ jīntiān néng zǎo diǎn xiàbān ma?

    Can I finish work a bit early today?

    Sentence #13938564 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我下班了，改天聊。

    Wǒ xiàbān le, gǎitiān liáo.

    I’m finishing work now. Let’s chat another day.

    Sentence #1515376 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 下班 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 下 (xià) with each of its parts in a different colour
下xiàdown
  • 一one · yī
  • 卜divination · bǔ

Memory aidA short stroke below the line: down, below.

The character 班 (bān) with each of its parts in a different colour
班bānteam; class; grade
  • 王king · wáng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidA knife 刂 between two pieces of jade 王: to divide into groups, a class.

How to write 下班

下 3 strokes · 班 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

下班 (xiàbān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 下班 (xiàbān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 下班

Words with 下

下xià · down下午xiàwǔ · afternoon下雨xiàyǔ · to rain下课xiàkè · to finish class一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly下面xiàmiàn · below下去xiàqù · to go down下来xiàlai · to come down以下yǐxià · below留下liúxia · to leave behind

Words with 班

上班shàngbān · to go to work班bān · team班级bānjí · class (of students)加班jiābān · to work overtime航班hángbān · (scheduled) flight值班zhíbān · to be on duty

More words: School & Work

读书dúshū · to read a book汉字hànzì · Chinese character上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school下课xiàkè · to finish class小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student学xué · to learn

FAQs

下班 (xiàbān) means “to finish work” or “to get off work”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it xiàbān: xià with a 4th tone, then bān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 下班 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 下班 from the suggestions. Typing xiaban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
下班 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.