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班次

Mandarin · pinyin bān cì

grade
class number (in school)
flight or run number
flight or run (seen as an item)
shift (work period)

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班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job
次: cì · order, sequence; next

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1–4 · ban1 ci4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baan1 ci3

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noun

(education) order of classes (in a school); class number; grade
shift (work period)
number of journeys; number of flights, trains or buses dispatched

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