倒班

dǎobān

verb #98,948

Meanings

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

工厂实行三班倒班制。

Gōngchǎng shíxíng sān bān dǎobān zhì.

The factory runs a three-shift rotation system.

HSK 7-9

他这个月开始倒班，晚上上夜班。

Tā zhège yuè kāishǐ dǎobān, wǎnshang shàng yèbān.

He started shift work this month; he's on nights.

usage

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

倒 dǎo

班 bān