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

对工薪族来说，房价太高了。

Duì gōngxīnzú lái shuō, fángjià tài gāo le.

For the salaried class, housing prices are too high.

他是普通工薪族，月薪八千。

Tā shì pǔtōng gōngxīnzú, yuèxīn bā qiān.

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