上下班 (shàng xià bān) — to commute to and from work; the daily routine…

Definition

A set verb meaning 'to commute to and from work' — focus on the round trip, not the job itself. 上班 is just going to work; 下班 is just leaving.

verb

to commute to and from workthe daily routine of going to and leaving work

上下班。
Wǒ měi tiān zuò dì tiě shàng xià bān.
I take the subway to and from work every day.
上下班。
shàng xià bān De shí jiān dà gài yào liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
The commute takes about two hours.
上下班？
Nǐ shàng xià bān xīn kǔ ma?
Is your commute tiring?

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上下go to and leave

上shànggo to work下xiàleave work

联合Coordinate

班bānwork shift

「上下」 covers going to and leaving, while 「班」 is the work shift.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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