倒班 dǎobān to work in shifts Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 倒 dǎo to swap to change; to swap; to shift; to move around (such as seats or shifts)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