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倒班

dǎobān
verb #98,948

Meanings

  1. 1 to work shifts
  2. 2 to change shifts
  3. 3 to rotate shifts

Examples

护士经常要倒班,身体很累。
Hùshi jīngcháng yào dǎobān, shēntǐ hěn lèi.
Nurses often have to work rotating shifts, which is physically exhausting.
工厂实行三班倒班制。
Gōngchǎng shíxíng sān bān dǎobān zhì.
The factory runs a three-shift rotation system.
他这个月开始倒班,晚上上夜班。
Tā zhè ge yuè kāishǐ dǎobān, wǎnshang shàng yèbān.
He started shift work this month; he's on nights.

Tips

usage
倒 here means 'to rotate' or 'to swap' (read dǎo, not dào). Often appears as 三班倒 (three-shift rotation).

Stroke Order

倒 dào
班 bān