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The time period following the end of a workday.
下班后，我们一起去喝咖啡吧。
Let's go for coffee after work.
他下班后总是很累。
He's always tired after work.
Commonly used in daily conversation to refer to activities or states following the end of a work shift.
下班 means 'to finish work' (verb), while 下班后 means 'after finishing work' (adverbial phrase). 下班后 can be used as a time marker, e.g., '下班后见' (see you after work).
下班后 typically appears at the beginning or end of a sentence to indicate when an action takes place, e.g., '下班后我去超市' (I go to the supermarket after work).
下班 (xiàbān) means 'to finish work' or 'to get off work', combining 下 (xià, 'down/finish') and 班 (bān, 'shift/work'). 后 (hòu) means 'after'. The phrase literally translates to 'after finishing work'.
下班后 is a fixed phrase used in both spoken and written Chinese to indicate activities or states occurring after the workday ends. It is interchangeable with 下班以后 or 下班之后 in most contexts, though 下班后 is the most concise and commonly used form.