分班

fēnbān

verb

Meanings

HSK 3

开学第一天，学校要先分班。

Kāixué dìyī tiān, xuéxiào yào xiān fēnbān.

On the first day of term, the school first sorts the pupils into classes.

HSK 4

学校按考试成绩分班，他被分到了最好的班。

Xuéxiào àn kǎoshì chéngjì fēnbān, tā bèi fēndào le zuì hǎo de bān.

The school puts pupils into classes by their exam results, and he ended up in the top class.

culture

Many senior high schools split pupils into an arts and a science stream: 文理分班. A test that decides which class a new pupil joins is a 分班考试.

分 fēn

班 bān