中班

zhōngbān

noun #45,016

Meanings

1 middle shift; swing shift
2 middle class of a kindergarten (ages 4 to 5)

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

我这个星期上中班，下午三点才出门。

Wǒ zhège xīngqī shàng zhōngbān, xiàwǔ sān diǎn cái chūmén.

I'm on the middle shift this week, so I don't leave home until 3 p.m.

HSK 5

我女儿今年上幼儿园中班了。

Wǒ nǚ'ér jīnnián shàng yòu'éryuán zhōngbān le.

My daughter is in the middle year of kindergarten this year.

HSK 7-9

医院的护士分早班、中班和夜班，每个月轮换一次。

Yīyuàn de hùshi fēn zǎobān, zhōngbān hé yèbān, měi ge yuè lúnhuàn yí cì.

Hospital nurses work early, middle and night shifts, rotating once a month.

Tips

usage

Shift work runs 早班 (morning), 中班 (afternoon to about midnight) and 夜班 or 晚班 (night). A kindergarten's three years are 小班 (ages 3 to 4), 中班 (4 to 5) and 大班 (5 to 6).

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

班 bān