上班 (shàngbān) means Go to work (start work). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
爸爸每天八点 上班 。
Bàba měi tiān bā diǎn shàngbān.
Dad goes to work at eight every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 上班
今天是星期日，我不 上班 。
Jīntiān shì xīngqīrì, wǒ bú shàngbān.
Today is Sunday, I'm not working.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 上班
快起床，要 上班 了！
Kuài qǐchuáng, yào shàngbān le!
Get up quickly, it's time for work!
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 起床
我丈夫在公司 上班 。
Wǒ zhàngfu zài gōngsī shàngbān.
My husband works at a company.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 丈夫
我每天坐地铁 上班 。
Wǒ měi tiān zuò dìtiě shàngbān.
I take the subway to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁
他告诉我明天不 上班 。
Tā gàosu wǒ míngtiān bú shàngbān.
He told me there is no work tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 告诉
我每天骑自行车 上班 。
Wǒ měi tiān qí zìxíngchē shàngbān.
I ride my bike to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 骑
每天 上班 我都经过这条街道。
Měi tiān shàngbān wǒ dōu jīngguò zhè tiáo jiēdào.
I pass along this street on my way to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 经过
From the graded readers
我问他：“我可以去 上班 吗？”
wǒ wèn tā:" wǒ kěyǐ qù shàngbān mǎ?"
I asked him, "Can I go to work?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
我睡得很晚，第二天 上班 总是没精神。
wǒ shuì dehěn wǎn, dì'èr tiānshàng bān zǒngshì méi jīngshén.
I was going to sleep late, and always felt flat at work the next day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
可是我每天早上醒来，都不想去 上班 。
kěshì wǒ měitiān zǎoshang xǐnglái, dōu bù xiǎng qù shàngbān.
But every morning I woke up not wanting to go in.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the grammar library
昨天我没 上班 。
Zuótiān wǒ méi shàngbān.
I didn't work yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
Questions about 上班
How is 上班 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 上班 (shàngbān, "Go to work (start work)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 上班 an HSK word?
Yes — 上班 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 上班?
The dictionary page for 上班 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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