177 Go To Work

What has slicing jade got to do with going to work? And what do the Chinese and Russian words have in common when it comes to describing “working” or “creating value”?

Edward Shenderovich talks to ShaoLan about going to work, be it in an office, at home or a flexible working location, such as provided by Edward’s latest business venture.

Also learn how to describe working from home, how to describe different work shifts and even flexible working hours in Chinese!

The word 上 means “up,” while the word 下 means “down” so in Chinese you 上班, “go up to work” when you start and then 下班 “go down from work” when you finish!

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Go to work
上班
shàng bān
Above, to go up
shàng
Shanghai
上海
shàng hǎi
Off work
下班
xià bān
Early shift
早班
zǎo bān
Early
zǎo
Work from home
在家工作
zài jiā gōng zuò
Home
jiā
To work
工作
gōng zuò
Flexible working hours
彈性工時 / 弹性工时
tán xìng gōng shí
Flexible
彈性 / 弹性
tán xìng

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