白班儿 báibānr day shift Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 白 bái adjective white white; snowy; pure; bright; (literary) white; bright班 bān noun shift a scheduled period of work; a duty; also refers to being on duty in phrases like 上班 shàngbān or 下班 xiàbān儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.