班次 (bān cì) — number of scheduled runs or flights (for trains, buses, planes, etc.); order or number of classes/grades in a school

Definition

Countable noun for a scheduled transport run (a specific flight/bus/train departure) or a class group/grade division in a school. Both senses share 趟/个 as measure words.

noun
number of scheduled runs or flights (for trains, buses, planes, etc.)order or number of classes/grades in a school

Examples

  • 班次？
    Míng tiān yǒu jǐ tàng bān cì fēi wǎng běi jīng?
    How many flights to Beijing are there tomorrow?
  • 班次，班次。
    Zhè ge xué xiào yī nián jí yǒu sì gè bān cì, měi gè bān cì yǒu sān shí gè xué shēng.
    This school's first grade has four classes, and each class has thirty students.
  • ，班次。
    Yóu yú tiān qì yuán yīn, jīn tiān de suǒ yǒu bān cì dōu qǔ xiāo le.
    Due to the weather, all scheduled services today have been cancelled.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

班bānclass/run
次cìorder/number

班 names a class or scheduled run, and 次 gives its order or number.

Characters in this word

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

Open 次 →

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