下班

Every meaning

In a sentence

• 我每天六点下班。

  I get off work at six every day.

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In the Library

• 爸爸下班回家了。

  真漂亮！ · How to say beautiful in Chinese · HSK 1

• 星期一早上，爷爷刚“下班”回家，就有人敲门。

  豆腐不见了 · The cat that didn’t come home · HSK 3

• 第三个星期，我下班回家，它在门口等着我。

  房子和猫 · How to rent an apartment in Chinese · HSK 3

Its characters

• 下xiàdown; below; under
• 班bānclass; team (as in 班级)

Words with 下

• 下雨xiàyǔto rain
• 下课xiàkèto finish class
• 下午xiàwǔafternoon
• 一下yíxiàall of a sudden
• 下来xiàlai(after an adjective) indicates a growing state (as in 静下来)
• 下面xiàmiànnext
• 下去xiàquon (keep going
• 以下yǐxiàthe following

Words with 班

• 上班shàngbānto go to work
• 班级bānjíclass (in school)
• 航班hángbānflight
• 加班jiābānto work overtime
• 值班zhíbānto be on duty
• 接班jiēbānto take over (a shift or duty)
• 夜班yèbānnight shift
• 接班人jiēbānrénsuccessor