上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上班
shàngbān
to go to work
Characters in this word
班 bān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- Made of
- 王 king, ruler 刂 knife 王 king, ruler
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我八点去上班。 Wǒ bā diǎn qù shàngbān. I go to work at eight.
- 妈妈在医院上班。 Māma zài yīyuàn shàngbān. Mom works at a hospital.
- 今天你上班吗？ Jīntiān nǐ shàngbān ma? Are you working today?
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online