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大夜班

dà yè bāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
graveyard shift; late night shift
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-2b6181864195afc2. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大夜班 大夜班 [da4 ye4 ban1] /graveyard shift; late night shift/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 大
    dà

    big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 夜
    yè

    night

  • 班
    bān

    team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

    Bān

    surname Ban

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.