How to Say ‘To get off work’ in Traditional Chinese
下班
xià bān
[xiàbān]
💬 Usage Tip: 下班 (xià bān) pairs with 上班 (shàng bān) "to go to work": 下 means getting off and 上 means getting on, the same way you'd talk about getting on or off a bus.
Phrase Breakdown
下班
xià bān
[xiàbān]
to get off work
To finish the workday and leave
我六點下班。
I get off work at six.
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