上
班
族

Office workers (as social group) in Chinese: 上班族 (shàng bān zú)

shàng bān zú

office workers (as social group)

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Definitions

  1. 1office workers (as social group)

Stroke order

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上
班
族

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄢ

bān

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄗㄨˊ

zú

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 上班族 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 地铁里挤满了赶着上班的上班族。

    dì tiě lǐ jǐ mǎn le gǎn zhe shàng bān de shàng bān zú。

    The subway was packed with office workers rushing to work.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

班

bān

team

族

zú

race

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

航班

háng bān

(scheduled) flight

加班

jiā bān

to work overtime

民族

mín zú

nationality

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