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上班族

shàng bān zú

3-character word

What 上班族 means

1. office workers (as social group)

The characters in 上班族

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity

Example sentences

• 我只是一个普通的上班族。
  Wǒ zhǐshì yī gè pǔtōng de shàngbānzú.
  I'm just a regular office worker.
• 日本上班族工作得非常辛苦。
  Rìběn shàngbān zú gōngzuò de fēicháng xīnkǔ.
  Japanese office workers work very hard.
• 我只是一个普通的老式上班族。
  Wǒ zhǐshì yī gè pǔtōng de lǎoshì shàngbānzú.
  I'm just a plain old office worker.
• 日本的经济是由一群勤奋工作的大城市上班族支撑起的。
  Rìběn de jīngjì shì yóu yī qún qínfèn gōngzuò de dàchéngshì shàngbānzú zhīchēng qǐ de.
  Japan has an economy that is supported by hard-working company employees in big cities.