夜班

yèbān

noun HSK 7 #8,395

Measure Word

一个夜班 gè

Meanings

1 night shift
2 night duty

Characters

Examples

护士经常需要上夜班。

Hùshì jīngcháng xūyào shàng yèbān.

Nurses often have to work the night shift.

连续上了三个夜班，他累坏了。

Liánxù shàng le sān gè yèbān, tā lèi huài le.

After three consecutive night shifts, he was exhausted.

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