上班族 (shàng bān zú) — office workers; the commuting workforce; people…

Definition

noun

office workersthe commuting workforcepeople who go to work (especially in an office)

Measure word · 个

上班族。
Xiàn zài hěn duō shàng bān zú xuǎn zé zài jiā bàn gōng.
Now many office workers choose to work from home.
上班族。
Zhè tiáo dì tiě xiàn shàng quán shì shàng bān zú.
This subway line is full of office workers.
上班族，。
Zuò wéi shàng bān zú, měi tiān jǐ gōng jiāo hěn xīn kǔ.
As a commuter, it's tough squeezing onto the bus every day.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

上班go to work

动宾Verb + object

上班 (go to work) + 族 (group) names people who commute to work.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

族 combines 㫃, a flag, and 矢, an arrow.

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