换班 (huàn bān) — to change shifts (at work or in a schedule); (military) changing of the guard
Definition
A separable verb meaning to change or swap shifts at work (or hand over guard duty). 班 is a separable object — insert 过了, 一次, etc. between 换 and 班 (e.g. 换过一次班).
verb
to change shifts (at work or in a schedule)(military) changing of the guard
Examples
- 换班。Yè bān gōng rén zǎo shàng liù diǎn huàn bān.The night-shift workers change shifts at six in the morning.
- 。Tā zài zhè jiā gōng chǎng huàn guò yí cì bān.He has changed shifts once at this factory.
- 。Wèi bīng měi gé liǎng xiǎo shí huàn yí cì bān.The guards relieve each other every two hours.
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