# 下班
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàbān
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^6$ baan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hâ-pân
    (Hailu, HRS): ha$^ˋ$ ban$^ˋ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ha$^5$ bang$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-pan / hǎ-pan / hēe-pan
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gho-pe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàban
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-pan$^1$
*** Yale: syà-bān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahban
*** Palladius: сябань (sjabanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (下班兒 / 下班儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàbanr
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-pan$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syà-bānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbal
*** Palladius: сябаньр (sjabanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^6$ baan$^1$
*** Yale: hah bāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^6$ baan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^6$ ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː²² paːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-pân
*** Hakka Romanization System: ha$^ˊ$ ban$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ha$^1$ ban$^1$
*** 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: ha$^5$ bang$^1$ [Phonetic: ha$^5$ ang$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā-bang
*** Sinological IPA : /ha²¹ $^{(p-)}$aŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ha$^5$ bang$^1$ [Phonetic: ha$^5$ bhang$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ha²¹ $^{(p-)}$βaŋ⁵³³/
* 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: $^6$gho-pe
*** MiniDict: gho$^去$ pe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hho-pe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² pe⁴⁴/

### Verb

下⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to finish work; to get off work
* to be closed (for business)

#### Synonyms

* (to finish work):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下班, 放工, 收工, 散工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下班 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 收工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 放工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下班, 下晌 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下班, 放工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下班, 下工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 收工, 收 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下工, 收工 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 收工 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下班, 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 收活路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 收工 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 收工 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下班, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 放工, 收工, 落班 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 放工, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 放工, 落班 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 收工, 下班 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 放工, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 收工, 放工 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 收工, 放工 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 放工, 落班, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 收工 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 落班 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 收工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 收工 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落班, 放工, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落班, 放工, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 放工 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 下班, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 放工, 收工 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 散工, 放工 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 落班 |
| Southern Min | 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 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 收工 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 收工 |
| Wu | Danyang | 下班, 放工, 收工, 歇工 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 落班, 歇工 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 落班, 收工 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 落班 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 落班, 收工 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 收工 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 下班, 散工 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | 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.

### Adjective

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