班次 (bāncì) · flight/run number; scheduled service number

Measure Word

一个班次 gè

Meanings

1 flight/run number; scheduled service number
2 shift (work period)
3 class number (in school)

Characters

班

bān

team; shift; scheduled run

次

cì

time; occurrence; order

Examples

HSK 1

下一班次几点开？

Xià yí bāncì jǐ diǎn kāi?

What time does the next service depart?

HSK 4

他换了夜里的班次。

Tā huàn le yèlǐ de bāncì.

He switched to the night shift.

HSK 5

这条线路班次很多。

Zhè tiáo xiànlù bāncì hěnduō.

This route has many scheduled runs.

Tips

usage

班 here is the 'run/shift/class' sense (also in 上班 go to work, 班级 class group); 次 is 'time/instance.' Together: a numbered occurrence of a service. Use it for trains, buses, flights, work shifts.

Stroke Order

班 bān

次 cì

Related Words

班 bān HSK 2 #1,284

class (group of students) / work shift; scheduled trip

航班 hángbān HSK 4 #2,651

scheduled flight / flight number

班机 bānjī #8,867

scheduled flight; regular flight / airliner (on a regular route)

班级 bānjí HSK 3 #10,497

class (in school) / grade; class group

下班 xiàbān HSK 1 #2,782

to finish work / to get off work

上班 shàngbān HSK 1 #1,294

to go to work / to start work

值班 zhíbān HSK 6 #7,882

to work a shift / to be on duty

补习班 bǔxíbān #23,691

cram school / tutoring class / supplementary study class

轮班 lúnbān #14,296

shift work / to work in shifts / to take turns on duty

班车 bānchē #14,594

regular bus (service) / shuttle bus / scheduled bus