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How do you say "office worker" in Chinese?
上班族
shàng bān zú
In Chinese, "office worker" is 上班族.
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Pronunciation
Three syllables: 'shang' (falling tone), 'ban' (rising tone), 'dzoo' (falling tone), busy and work-oriented sounds.
Writing and usage
Three characters totaling 16 strokes; up or on, class or shift, and clan or group, literally go-to-work group or office clan.
Example sentence
上班族很忙。
Office workers are very busy.
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How to remember 上班族
Office workers go to work in groups at offices every day.
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Questions about 上班族
How do you say "office worker" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "office worker" is 上班族. It is a noun.
How is 上班族 written in Chinese?
Three characters totaling 16 strokes; up or on, class or shift, and clan or group, literally go-to-work group or office clan.
How is 上班族 used in a sentence?
Use 上班族 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 上班族很忙。 (Office workers are very busy.).
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"Office worker" in other languages
- Japanese 会社員 (kaishain)
- Korean 회사원 (hoesawon)
- Spanish oficinista
- Spanish (Latin America) administrativo
- French l'employé de bureau
- German der Büroangestellte
- Italian l’impiegato
- Russian офисный работник (ofisnyj rabotnik)
- Greek ο υπάλληλος γραφείου (o ipalilos grafiu)
- Arabic عامل المكتب (aaemal ilmaktab)
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