夜班

yèbān

noun HSK 7-9 #8,395

Measure Word

一个夜班 gè

Meanings

1 night shift
2 night duty

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

连续上了三个夜班，他累坏了。

Liánxù shàng le sān gè yèbān, tā lèihuài le.

After three consecutive night shifts, he was exhausted.

HSK 4

护士经常需要上夜班。

Hùshì jīngcháng xūyào shàng yèbān.

Nurses often have to work the night shift.

Tips

usage

上夜班 means 'to work the night shift.' The opposite is 日班 (rìbān, day shift). Related: 值夜班 (to be on night duty), 倒班 (to rotate shifts).

Stroke Order

夜 yè

班 bān