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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.

加 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
班 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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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