雅皮士

yǎpíshì

noun #30,137

Measure Word

一个雅皮士 gè

Meanings

1 yuppie
2 young urban professional

Characters

elegant; refined

scholar; person of a class

Examples

他是个典型的雅皮士。

Tā shì gè diǎnxíng de yǎpíshì.

He's a typical yuppie.

八十年代的纽约到处都是雅皮士。

Bāshí niándài de Niǔyuē dàochù dōu shì yǎpíshì.

1980s New York was full of yuppies.

Tips

memory

Phonetic loan from English 'yuppie' (Young Urban Professional). 雅 'ya' approximates 'yu', 皮 'pi' = 'pp', 士 'shi' marks a class of person (cf. 战士 warrior, 博士 PhD).

register

Slightly dated — strongly associated with 1980s Western culture. Modern Chinese often uses 白领 (báilǐng, white-collar) or 都市精英 (dūshì jīngyīng, urban elite) instead.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

皮 pí

士 shì