顶班 (dǐng bān) — to work a regular shift; to work full time; to…

Definition

A workplace term meaning to take or cover a shift, either as your regular job or as a substitute for someone else.

verb

to work a regular shiftto work full timeto cover for someoneto substitute for a colleague

顶班，。
Zhè ge yuè wǒ měi tiān dǐng bān, hěn lèi.
I've been working full shifts every day this month; it's very tiring.
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Lǎo wáng shēng bìng le, wǒ bāng tā dǐng le yí gè bān.
Lao Wang is sick, so I covered a shift for him.
顶班？
Nǐ míng tiān néng lái dǐng bān ma?
Can you come to cover a shift tomorrow?

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

顶dǐngtake over

“顶” means to take over or stand in for, and “班” is a shift; together they mean covering a work shift.

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 頂; 顶 is its simplified writing.

丁頁頂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

Same sound today

The traditional form 頂 pairs 頁, meaning head, with 丁, which supplies the sound; the simplified 顶 is a later abbreviation.

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

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

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