开班 (kāi bān) — to start a class, to offer a course

Definition

开班 (kāi bān) means a school, training center, or community program begins offering a new class or course — 'start a class / offer a course' as an institutional action, not 开课 (open a course).

verb
to start a classto offer a course

Examples

  • 开班。
    Zhè ge péi xùn jī gòu xià ge yuè kāi bān.
    This training institution will start classes next month.
  • 。
    Wǒ men xué xiào jīn nián kāi le sān gè xīn bān.
    Our school started three new classes this year.
  • 开班。
    Tā dǎ suàn zài shè qū kāi bān jiào tài jí quán.
    He plans to offer a class in the community to teach tai chi.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

开kāiopen
班bānclass

Opening combines with class to mean starting a course.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

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

Open 班 →

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