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Jyutpingbaan1 bit6
Yalebāan biht
Definition
Class, section, or division of students in a school grade.
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How it's used
While 班別 is understood as a formal way to refer to a specific class or group, people in daily life often just use 班 to refer to their class. Using 班別 sounds slightly more administrative or institutional, similar to how one might refer to a specific section or stream in a school setting.
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Our class has many new students this year.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse 班別 with 班級. 班級 usually refers to the grade level or the collective concept of a class, whereas 班別 specifically points to the classification or the specific group identifier.
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
