salaryman

工薪族

发音

/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/

词形变化

salarymen 复数 salarymen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.

词源

Calque of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), from English salary + man, possibly from the phrase salaried man.

来源:wiktionary