白领

白領

báilǐng

noun HSK 6 #15,221

Measure Word

一位白领 wèi

Meanings

1 white-collar worker; office worker

Characters

collar; neck; to lead

White collar — borrowed from the English term for office workers.

Examples

很多白领每天坐地铁上班。

Hěn duō báilǐng měitiān zuò dìtiě shàngbān.

Many white-collar workers take the subway to work every day.

白领的工作压力很大。

Báilǐng de gōngzuò yālì hěn dà.

White-collar workers face a lot of work pressure.

她是一名典型的都市白领。

Tā shì yī míng diǎnxíng de dūshì báilǐng.

She is a typical urban white-collar worker.

Tips

culture

Chinese social categories by collar: 白领 (white-collar, office workers), 蓝领 (lán lǐng, blue-collar, manual workers), 金领 (jīn lǐng, gold-collar, top executives), 灰领 (huī lǐng, gray-collar, technical/skilled workers).

Stroke Order

白 bái

领 lǐng