跷班 qiāobān to skip work Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 跷 蹺 qiāo to skip out (Taiwan colloquial) To skip out on or run away from a scheduled obligation.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