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 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ baan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hâ-pân

(Hailu, HRS): ha^ˋ ban^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ha⁵ bang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-pan / hǎ-pan / hēe-pan
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gho-pe₁ / ²gho₆-pe₁

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-pân
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˊ ban^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ ban¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˋ ban^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ha⁵³ pan⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ha⁵ bang¹ [Phonetic: ha⁵ ang¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā-bang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha¹¹ ^(p-)aŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ha⁵ bang¹ [Phonetic: ha⁵ wang¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha²¹ ^(p-)βaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gho-pe₁
  - MiniDict: gho^去 pe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-pe₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² pe⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²gho₆-pe₁
  - MiniDict: gho^去 pe^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦo²² pe³³/

Verb

下⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to finish work; to get off work
昨天下了班之後，和朋友一起去看了一場電影。 [MSC, trad.]
昨天下了班之后，和朋友一起去看了一场电影。 [MSC, simp.]
Zuótiān xià le bān zhīhòu, hé péngyǒu yīqǐ qù kàn le yī chǎng diànyǐng. [Pinyin]
Yesterday after work, I went to see a movie with friends.
to be closed (for business) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	下班
	Harbin	收工
	Malaysia	放工
	Singapore	放工, 下班, 收工
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下班兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下班兒, 放工
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下班兒, 下工, 收工
	Wanrong	下班, 下晌
	Xi'an	下班, 放工
	Xining	下班, 下工
	Xuzhou	收工, 收
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下工, 收工
	Lanzhou	收工
	Ürümqi	下班, 收工
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	收工
	Wuhan	收工
	Guiyang	收活路
	Liuzhou	收工
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	收工
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	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, Xiangzhou)	放工, 收工
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Gan	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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Jin	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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
Xiang	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 (xiàbān) is used in a generic sense, while 放工 (fànggōng) is used only for manual labour. However, this distinction is not made in Singapore.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-pan

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pan
  - Tâi-lô: ē-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: expafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/

Adjective

下班

(transport, attributive) next scheduled service (bus, train, flight, etc.)
下班機／下班机 ― xiàbānjī ― next flight