车奴

車奴

chēnú

noun

Meanings

1 car slave
2 person whose life is squeezed by car loan / upkeep costs

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

我不想当车奴，所以一直坐地铁。

Wǒ bù xiǎng dāng chēnú, suǒyǐ yīzhí zuò dìtiě.

I don't want to be a car slave, so I keep taking the subway.

HSK 7-9

买了豪车以后每个月还贷，一下子成了车奴。

Mǎi le háochē yǐhòu měige yuè huándài, yīxiàzi chéng le chēnú.

After buying the luxury car and paying off loans every month, I became a car slave overnight.

Tips

culture

Part of a family of slang compounds: 房奴 (mortgage slave), 车奴 (car slave), 孩奴 (kid slave), 卡奴 (credit card slave). Captures the squeeze of Chinese middle-class consumer debt.

Stroke Order

车 chē

奴 nú