下班 (xià bān) — to finish work, to get off work

Definition

下班 (xià bān) means 'to finish/get off work' — the end of your workday. It's the opposite of 上班 (shàng bān, 'to go to work'). Unlike 下课 (xià kè, 'to finish class'), 下班 is only for jobs, not school.

verb

to finish workto get off work

Examples

下班。
Wǒ xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn xià bān.
I get off work at 5 PM.
。
Tā xià le bān huí jiā.
After getting off work, he goes home.
下班？
Nǐ jīntiān xià bān ma?
Do you get off work today?

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