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		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
trad. (上班)		上	班
simp. ^#(上班)		上	班

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngbān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ban¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ baan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sông-pân

(Meixian, Guangdong): song¹ ban¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siōng-pan / siāng-pan / chiūⁿ-pan / chiǔⁿ-pan / chiōⁿ-pan

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ bang¹ / zion⁶ bang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zaon-pe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngban
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan¹
  - Yale: shàng-bān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqban
  - Palladius: шанбань (šanbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上班兒／上班儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbanr
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: shàng-bānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbal
  - Palladius: шанбаньр (šanbanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ban¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangban
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ pan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ baan¹
  - Yale: séuhng bāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ baan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ ban¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ paːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-pân
  - Hakka Romanization System: song^ˊ ban^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ ban¹
  - Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: song¹ ban¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɔŋ⁴⁴ pan⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-pan
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngpafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² pan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ pan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-pan
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngpafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-pan
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxpafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-pan
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-pan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² pan³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-pan
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixpafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziên⁶ bang¹ / zion⁶ bang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ pang / tsiŏⁿ pang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/, /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/

Note:

ziên6 bang1 - Chaozhou;
zion6 bang1 - Shantou, Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zaon-pe
  - MiniDict: zaon^去 pe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-pe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² pe⁴⁴/

上⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift
我每天坐地鐵去上班。 [MSC, trad.]
我每天坐地铁去上班。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
I take the subway to work every day.

我天天上班沒事幹。 [MSC, trad.]
我天天上班没事干。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ tiāntiān shàngbān méishì gàn. [Pinyin]
There's never anything for me to do at work.
to be open (for business); to be trading

There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.

出勤 (chūqín)

Dialectal synonyms of 上班 (“to go to work”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		上班
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	上班兒
	Taiwan	上班
	Chengde	上班兒
	Chifeng	上班兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	上班兒
	Heihe	上班
	Qiqihar	上班
	Harbin	上班, 上班兒
	Jiamusi	上班
	Baicheng	上班
	Changchun	上班兒
	Tonghua	上班
	Shenyang	上班
	Jinzhou	上班
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	上班兒
	Tangshan	上班
	Cangzhou	上班兒
	Baoding	上班
	Shijiazhuang	上班
	Lijin	上班兒
	Jinan	上班兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	上班兒
	Dandong	上班
	Yantai	上班兒
	Yantai (Muping)	上班兒
	Qingdao	上班兒
	Zhucheng	上班兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	上班兒
	Lingbao	上班兒
	Jining	上班兒
	Wanrong	上班
	Linfen	上班兒
	Shangqiu	上班
	Yuanyang	上班
	Zhengzhou	上班兒
	Xinyang	上班
	Baihe	上班
	Xi'an	上班
	Baoji	上班
	Tianshui	出工
	Xining	上班
	Xuzhou	上班
	Fuyang	上班
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	上班
	Lanzhou	上班
	Dunhuang	上班, 上工
	Hami	上班
	Ürümqi	上班
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	上班
	Nanchong	上班
	Dazhou	上班
	Hanyuan	上班
	Xichang	上班
	Zigong	上班
	Chongqing	上班
	Wuhan	上班
	Yichang	上班
	Xiangyang	上班
	Tianmen	上班
	Guiyang	上班
	Zunyi	上班
	Bijie	上班
	Liping	上班
	Zhaotong	上班
	Dali	上班
	Kunming	上班
	Mengzi	上班
	Liuzhou	上班
	Jishou	上班
	Changde	上班
	Hanzhong	上班
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	上班
	Yangzhou	上班
	Lianyungang	上班
	Lianshui	上班
	Nantong	上班
	Anqing	上班
	Wuhu	上班
	Hefei	上班
	Hong'an	上班
Cantonese	Guangzhou	上班, 返工
	Hong Kong	返工
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	返工
	Macau	返工
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	返工
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	開工
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	返工
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	開工, 上班
	Foshan	上班
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	返工
	Foshan (Shunde)	返工
	Foshan (Sanshui)	開工, 返工
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	上班
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	開工
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	返工
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	開工
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	返工
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	開工
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	開工
	Taishan	返工
	Kaiping (Chikan)	返工
	Enping (Niujiang)	開工
	Heshan (Yayao)	上班
	Dongguan	返工, 上班
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	返工
Gan	Pingxiang	上班
Hakka	Meixian	上工, 上班
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	返工
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	上班, 開工
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	開工
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	開工
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	上班
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	上班
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	上班
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	上班
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	上班
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	上班
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	上班
Huizhou	Jixi	上班
Huizhou	Shexian	上班
Jin	Taiyuan	上班
	Yangyuan	上班
	Datong	上班兒
	Xinzhou	上班兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	上班兒
	Changzhi	上班兒
	Linhe	上班
	Jining	上班
	Hohhot	上班
	Erenhot	上班兒
	Pingshan	上班
	Zhangjiakou	上班
	Handan	上班
	Linzhou	上班兒
	Suide	上班
Southern Min	Xiamen	上班
	Quanzhou	上班
	Zhangzhou	上班
	Tainan	上班
	Manila (Hokkien)	食頭路
	Shantou	上班
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	開工
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	上班
Wu	Shanghai	上班
	Danyang	上班
	Hangzhou	上班
	Jinhua	上班
Xiang	Loudi	上班

下班 (xiàbān)

上班族 (shàngbānzú)

“Entry #50496”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.