加班jiābānto work overtime
- Theme
- Work
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 15
- Characters
- 2
How 加班 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
今天我要加班。
Jīntiān wǒ yào jiābān.
I have to work overtime today.
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 我wǒI
- 要yàoto want; must
- 加班jiābānto work overtime
他常常加班到晚上十点。
Tā chángcháng jiābān dào wǎnshang shí diǎn.
He often works until ten in the evening.
- 他tāhe
- 常常chángchángoften
- 加班jiābānto work overtime
- 到dàoto arrive; until
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 十shíten
- 点diǎno'clock
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 上班
- 下班
- 加油