雅痞

yǎpǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 yuppie (loanword)
  2. 2 young urban professional

Examples

Zhè jiā kāfēiguǎn shēn shòu yǎpǐzú de xǐ'ài.
This café is very popular with the yuppie crowd.
Tā chuān de xiàng gè diǎnxíng de yǎpǐ.
He dresses like a typical yuppie.

Tips

culture
Phonetic loan from English 'yuppie' (yǎpǐ ≈ ya-pee). Cleverly chosen characters: (yǎ, elegant/refined) + (pǐ, rascal/punk) — a self-aware label combining 'tasteful' with a hint of mocking 'douchebag'. Coined in Taiwan in the late 1980s and now used across Mandarin-speaking regions, often in the compound 雅痞 (yǎpǐzú, the yuppie tribe).
register
Slightly dated and Taiwan-flavored. In mainland media you'll also see (zhōngchǎn, middle class) or 都市白领 (dūshì báilǐng, urban white-collar) for similar demographics. 雅痞 specifically carries the 80s/90s aspirational consumerism connotation.

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