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We go work

我们去上班。

wǒ men qù shàng bān

Natural English

We are going to work.

A movement sentence whose work token uses the contextual 上班 mapping.

Sentence Category Daily Life
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    we
    Chinese Unit
    我们
    Pinyin
    wǒ men
    Linked Word
    we - 我们
  2. 2
    English Token
    go
    Chinese Unit
    Pinyin
    Linked Word
    go - 去
  3. 3
    English Token
    work
    Chinese Unit
    上班
    Pinyin
    shàng bān
    Linked Word
    work - 工作

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
我们 / 去 / 上班
Chinglish Order
we / go / work
Natural English Order
We are going to work.

Sentence Analysis

A movement sentence whose work token uses the contextual 上班 mapping.

Sentence Analysis

The Chinese units are 我们 / 去 / 上班, represented by We / go / work. Go keeps its primary 去 mapping, while work selects the contextual 上班 mapping required after go. Natural English adds are going and to, but those words are not Chinglish semantic tokens here.

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Standard Notes

Standard Status
Standard
Usage Context
Official candidate sentence for editorial review.
Comprehensibility
Understandable with context