低头族

低頭族

dītóuzú

noun

Meanings

1 phone zombies
2 smartphone addicts
3 the head-down tribe

Characters

Examples

地铁上全是低头族。

Dìtiě shàng quán shì dītóuzú.

The subway is full of people glued to their phones.

过马路时别当低头族。

Guò mǎlù shí bié dāng dītóuzú.

Don't be a phone zombie when crossing the street.

Tips

memory

Literally 'low-head tribe'. 族 (tribe) is a popular 2010s slang suffix for social types: 月光族 paycheck-to-paycheck, 啃老族 parent-dependent adults.

Stroke Order

低 dī

头 tóu

族 zú