上班族 |
shàng bān zú |
office workers (as social group) |
上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
上班 |
shàng bān |
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office |
班 |
Bān |
surname Ban |
班 |
bān |
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |
族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |