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值班

zhíbān

to be on duty

A guard at a watch post
Memory picture

Characters in this word

值 zhí

Strokes
10
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 直 straight, vertical
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

  • 今晚我值班。 Jīn wǎn wǒ zhí bān. I am on duty tonight.
  • 谁在值班? Shéi zài zhí bān? Who is on duty?
  • 值班很累。 Zhí bān hěn lèi. Being on duty is very tiring.

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