啃老族

kěnlǎozú

noun

Measure Word

一个啃老族 gè

Meanings

1 adult children still dependent on their parents
2 NEET generation; "parent-gnawers"

Characters

old; the elderly

Examples

HSK 4

他大学毕业后当了五年的啃老族。

Tā dàxué bìyè hòu dāng le wǔ nián de kěnlǎozú.

After graduating he spent five years living off his parents.

HSK 6

房价这么高，年轻人很容易变成啃老族。

Fángjià zhème gāo, niánqīngrén hěn róngyì biànchéng kěnlǎozú.

With housing prices this high, young people easily end up depending on their parents.

Tips

memory

Literally "gnaw-old-tribe" - the image is of a grown child gnawing at their parents' savings like a bone. Appears in Chinese media from the early 2000s, modeled on the Japanese term パラサイト・シングル (parasite single).

Stroke Order

啃 kěn

老 lǎo

族 zú