下班

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
trad. (下班)		下	班
simp. #(下班)		下	班

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ baan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâ-pân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-pan / hǎ-pan / hēe-pan
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gho-pe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàban
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan¹
    • Yale: syà-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahban
    • Palladius: сябань (sjabanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (下班兒／下班儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbanr
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syà-bānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbal
    • Palladius: сябаньр (sjabanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ baan¹
    • Yale: hah bāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ baan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² paːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-pân
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha´ ban´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-pan
    • Tâi-lô: hā-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxpafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-pan
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-pan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² pan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-pan
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-pan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gho-pe
    • MiniDict: gho^去 pe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-pe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² pe⁴⁴/

Verb

下⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to finish work; to get off work
2. to be closed (for business)

Synonyms

• (to finish work):

Dialectal synonyms of 下班 (“to get off work; to finish work for the day”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下班, 放工, 收工, 散工
Mandarin	Taiwan	下班
	Harbin	收工
	Yantai (Muping)	下班兒, 放工
	Jinan	下班兒
	Luoyang	下班兒, 下工, 收工
	Wanrong	下班, 下晌
	Xi'an	下班, 放工
	Yinchuan	下工, 收工
	Lanzhou	收工
	Xining	下班, 下工
	Ürümqi	下班, 收工
	Wuhan	收工
	Chengdu	收工
	Guiyang	收活路
	Liuzhou	收工
	Xuzhou	收工, 收
	Yangzhou	下班, 收工
	Nanjing	收工
	Malaysia	放工
	Singapore	放工, 下班, 收工
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放工, 收工, 落班
	Hong Kong	放工, 收工
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	放工
	Macau	放工
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	放工, 落班
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	收工
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	放工
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	收工, 下班
	Foshan	落班
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	放工
	Foshan (Shunde)	收工
	Foshan (Sanshui)	收工
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	落班
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	收工
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	放工, 收工
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	收工
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	收工
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	收工
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	收工
	Taishan	收工, 放工
	Kaiping (Chikan)	收工, 放工
	Enping (Niujiang)	收工
	Heshan (Yayao)	落班
	Dongguan	放工, 落班, 收工
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	放工
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	收工
	Singapore (Guangfu)	收工
Gan	Lichuan	下班, 收工
	Pingxiang	下班, 收工
Hakka	Meixian	放工, 下工, 收工, 落班, 下班
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	放工
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	放工
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	放工
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	收工
	Conghua (Lütian)	落班
	Yudu	收工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下班
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下班
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下班
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	下班
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下班
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	下班
	Senai (Huiyang)	收工
	Kuching (Hepo)	放工
Huizhou	Jixi	下班
Jin	Taiyuan	下班, 收工
	Xinzhou	下班兒, 收工
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落班
Southern Min	Xiamen	落班, 放工, 散工
	Quanzhou	落班, 放工, 散工
	Zhangzhou	落班, 放工, 散工
	Taipei	放工 GT
	Tainan	下班, 散工
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放工, 收工
	Manila (Hokkien)	散工, 放工
	Chaozhou	落班
	Shantou	落班
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	落班
	Haikou	落班, 落工, 收工
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	收工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	落班, 收工
Wu	Shanghai	落班, 下班, 收工
	Shanghai (Chongming)	收工
	Suzhou	收工
	Danyang	下班, 放工, 收工, 歇工
	Hangzhou	落班, 歇工
	Ningbo	落班, 收工
	Wenzhou	落班
	Jinhua	落班, 收工
Xiang	Changsha	收工
	Loudi	下班, 散工
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (to be closed for business): 上門／上门 (shàngmén)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to finish work"): 上班 (shàngbān)

Note

In China, 下班 is used in a generic sense, while 放工 is used only for manual labour. However, this distinction is not made in Singapore.