# 上班
## Chinese

* 上班

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shàngbān
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang$^4$ ban$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^5$ baan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sông-pân
    (Hailu, HRS): shong$^ˋ$ ban$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): song$^1$ ban$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syong$^5$ bang$^1$ / syeng$^5$ bang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-pan / siāng-pan / chiūⁿ-pan / chiǔⁿ-pan / chiōⁿ-pan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên$^6$ bang$^1$ / zion$^6$ bang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zaon-pe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngban
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-pan$^1$
*** Yale: shàng-bān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqban
*** Palladius: шанбань (šanbanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上班兒 / 上班儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbanr
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-pan$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shàng-bānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbal
*** Palladius: шанбаньр (šanbanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sang$^4$ ban$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangban
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ²¹³ pan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^5$ baan$^1$
*** Yale: séuhng bāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^5$ baan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^5$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ¹³ paːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-pân
*** Hakka Romanization System: song$^ˊ$ ban$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: song$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shong$^ˋ$ ban$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃoŋ⁵³ pan⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: song$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɔŋ⁴⁴ pan⁴⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syong$^5$ bang$^1$ [Phonetic: syong$^5$ mang$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyɒŋ²¹ $^{(p-)}$maŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng$^5$ bang$^1$ [Phonetic: syeng$^5$ mang$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøŋ²¹ $^{(p-)}$maŋ⁵³³/
* 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: ziên$^6$ bang$^1$ / zion$^6$ bang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ pang / tsiŏⁿ pang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/, /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ³³/
* ziên6 bang1 - Chaozhou;
* zion6 bang1 - Shantou, Jieyang.

### Verb

上⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift
       Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
       I take the subway to work every day.
       Wǒ tiāntiān shàngbān méishì gàn. [Pinyin]
       There's never anything for me to do at work.
* to be open (for business); to be trading

#### Usage notes

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.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Antonyms

* 下班 (xiàbān)

#### Derived terms

* 上班族 (shàngbānzú)

### References

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