Usage note
班用来指学校里的班级。
bān lái zěnme yòng lái zhǐ xuéxiào lǐ de jiēbā.
班 is used to refer to classes in school.
Context note
班通常出现在学校的课程表、教室和作息时间中。
bān cháng tōng qiàn xuéxiào de kèchéng bǎo, jiàoshì hé xīshí shíjiān zhōng.
班 is commonly found in school schedules, classrooms, and作息时间中 (作息 time) contexts.
5 examples
这是我们的数学班。
zhè shì wǒ men de shù xué bān。
This is our math class.
每个班都有自己的老师。
měi gè bān dōu yǒu zì jǐ de lǎo shī。
Each class has its own teacher.
我最喜欢的班是英语班。
wǒ zuì xǐ huan de bān shì yīng yǔ bān。
My favorite class is the English class.
我们班有30个学生。
wǒ men bān yǒu 3 0 gè xué shēng。
Our class has 30 students.
每天早上，我们都去上语文班。
měi tiān zǎo shàng， wǒ men dōu qù shàng yǔ wén bān。
Every morning, we go to the Chinese class.
5 mini stories
今天是开学第一天，小明去了新的班级。
jīn tiān shì kāi xué dì yī tiān， xiǎo míng qù le xīn de bān jí。
Today is the first day of school. Xiao Ming went to a new class.
老师告诉我们每个班都有自己的特色。
lǎo shī gào sù wǒ men měi gè bān dōu yǒu zì jǐ de tè sè。
The teacher told us that each class has its own special features.
我们班的同学们都很友好。
wǒ men bān de tóng xué men dōu hěn yǒu hǎo。
The classmates in our class are all very friendly.
每个班都有不同的课程安排。
měi gè bān dōu yǒu bù tóng de kè chéng ān pái。
Each class has different lesson schedules.
放学后，我们会在班里一起做作业。
fàng xué hòu， wǒ men huì zài bān lǐ yì qǐ zuò zuò yè。
After school, we do our homework together in the classroom.
Mini dialogue
你在几班
A
你好，你在几班？
Nǐ hǎo, nǐ zài jǐ bān?
Hello, which class are you in?
B
我在一班，你呢？
Wǒ zài yī bān, nǐ ne?
I'm in Class One, and you?
我们班
A
我们班有二十个同学。
Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge tóngxué.
Our class has twenty students.
B
我们班也差不多，大家都很友好。
Wǒmen bān yě chàbuduō, dàjiā dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
Our class is about the same, everyone is very friendly.
Related words and contrasts
similar
班级
bānjí
class (group)
班级 is a more formal word for a class group in school.
related
同学
tóngxué
classmate
同学 means classmates, the students in your 班.
related
上课
shàngkè
to attend class
上课 means to go to class or start a lesson, related to 班.