班
bān HSK1

group

班 bān
shift noun
a scheduled period of work; a duty; also refers to being on duty in phrases like 上班 shàng​bān or 下班 xià​bān

我今晚值夜班。

wǒ jīn​wǎn zhí yè bān.

I'm on night shift tonight.

[scheduled transport] measure word
(bound form) occurring at regular or scheduled times, specifically for transport
class noun
a group of people organized for learning or work; a class in a school or a team in an organization

这个班有多少男生？

zhè​ge bān yǒu duō​shao nán​shēng?

How many boys are there in this class?

[classifier] measure word
classifier for groups of people or scheduled transport runs

八点半有一班火车。

bā diǎn bàn yǒu yī bān huǒ​chē.

There's a train at 8:30.

我可以乘下一班飞机走吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ chéng xià yī bān fēi​jī zǒu ma?

Can I get on the next flight?

troupe noun
(bound form) a group of performers, especially in traditional opera
squad
the smallest unit of military organization, usually under a platoon
to return
(literary) to return; to withdraw troops
Ban
a Chinese surname
rank
(literary) rank; position; order
to distribute
(literary) to distribute; to issue; to promulgate
equal
(literary) equal; of the same status

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
884th most common 197.1 per million
Movie subtitles
597th most common 237.4 per million appears in 58% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
66.6 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
109.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+73ED

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)