xià bān
get off work
我下班了。
wǒ xiàbān le.
I'm off work.
他下班回家了。
tā xiàbān huíjiā le.
He went home after work.
我们下班去吃饭吧。
wǒmen xiàbān qù chīfàn ba.
Let's go eat after work.
收工 (shōugōng)
knock off work
下班 (xiàbān)
get off work
下班 (xiàbān)
leave work
上班 (shàngbān)
go to work
工作 (gōngzuò)
work
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The Chinese word 下班 (xiàbān) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 下 (xià) and 班 (bān). The character 下 (xià) means "down" or "below", while the character 班 (bān) means "shift" or "work period". Together, the two characters 下班 (xiàbān) literally mean "to go down from work" or "to get off work". This term is commonly used in Chinese to refer to the end of the workday or the time when employees leave their workplace. It is often used in sentences such as 我下班了 (wǒ xiàbān le), which means "I'm off work" or "I've finished work".
