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领班 (lǐng bān) — foreman, supervisor (in a factory, restaurant, hotel, etc.)

Definition

A frontline supervisor in service or factory settings — the person directly overseeing a small team of workers or staff, below management. 经理 is the higher-level manager they report to.

noun
foremansupervisor (in a factory, restaurant, hotel, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 领班。
    Zhè wèi lǐng bān fù zé guǎn lǐ chē jiān lǐ èr shí duō míng gōng rén.
    This foreman is in charge of overseeing more than twenty workers in the workshop.
  • 领班。
    Fú wù yuán yù dào wèn tí kě yǐ zhí jiē zhǎo lǐng bān fǎn yìng.
    Service staff can directly report problems to the supervisor.
  • 领班。
    Jiǔ diàn lǐng bān ān pái yuán gōng jìn xíng kè fáng qīng sǎo péi xùn.
    The hotel supervisor arranged housekeeping training for the employees.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

领lǐnglead
班bānteam

领, lead, and 班, team, combine to name a crew leader.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng領lǐng
Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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