工薪族

gōngxīnzú

noun #63,148

Measure Word

一个工薪族 gè

Meanings

1 salaried class
2 wage earners
3 ordinary office workers

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

对工薪族来说，房价太高了。

Duì gōngxīnzú láishuō, fángjià tài gāo le.

For the salaried class, housing prices are too high.

HSK 7-9

他是普通工薪族，月薪八千。

Tā shì pǔtōng gōngxīnzú, yuèxīn bāqiān.

He's an ordinary salaryman with a monthly salary of 8,000.

Tips

memory

Built like 工 (work) + 薪 (salary) + 族 (tribe) - the 'salary tribe'. The 族 suffix (clan/tribe) coins many social labels: 上班族 (commuters), 月光族 (paycheck-to-paycheck), 啃老族 (live-off-parents).

Stroke Order

工 gōng

薪 xīn

族 zú