班
bān
team; class; grade
surname Ban; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
jade (王) + knife (刂) + jade (王) = splitting into matched groups
A knife splitting a slab of jade into two matched halves — the image of dividing into equal groups. From shared work and order comes the idea of a team, class, or shift.
我们班一共有三十个学生。
wǒ men bān yī gòng yǒu sān shí gè xué shēng。
Our class has thirty students in total.
他在工厂上夜班，每天工作八个小时。
tā zài gōng chǎng shàng yè bān，měi tiān gōng zuò bā gè xiǎo shí。
He works the night shift at the factory, eight hours every day.
Words with 班
班会
bān huì
class meeting (in schools)
接班
jiē bān
to take over (from those working the previous shift)
上班
shàng bān
to go to work
班加罗尔
bān jiā luó ěr
Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦[Ka3 na4 ta3 ke4 bang1]
升班马
shēng bān mǎ
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
塔利班
tǎ lì bān
the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
班车
bān chē
regular bus (service)
速成班
sù chéng bān
intensive course
长班
cháng bān
(old) footman
顶班
dǐng bān
to take over sb else's job
领班
lǐng bān
supervisor
鲁班
lǔ bān
Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry