HSK 4 · Work

加班 jiābān “to work overtime” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 加班 means

  1. to work overtime

How to say 加班

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale加jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale班bān1st tone, high and level

加班 in a sentence

  1. 恐怕你要加班了。

    Kǒngpà nǐ yào jiābān le.

    I’m afraid you’ll have to work overtime.

    Sentence #372209 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我今晚得加班。

    Wǒ jīnwǎn děi jiābān.

    I have to work overtime tonight.

    Sentence #13732018 from Tatoeba

  3. 我的老板要我加班。

    Wǒ de lǎobǎn yào wǒ jiābān.

    My boss wants me to work overtime.

    Sentence #858947 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 加班 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 加 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
加jiāto add
  • 力strength · lì
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidStrength 力 added to words 口: to add.

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 加班

加 5 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.

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

Words related to 加班

Words with 加

加jiā · to add参加cānjiā · participate增加zēngjiā · to raise加油jiāyóu · to cheer on加入jiārù · to join更加gèngjiā · even more加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station加剧jiājù · to intensify施加shījiā · to exert加工jiāgōng · to process

Words with 班

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

More words: School, Work & Culture

顾客gùkè · customer管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise护士hùshi · nurse记者jìzhě · reporter价格jiàgé · price奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience

FAQs

加班 (jiābān) means “to work overtime”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiābān: jiā with a 1st 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. 加班 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 加班 from the suggestions. Typing jiaban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
加班 is an HSK 4 word in the 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.