# 上班族 (shàngbānzú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 上班族 (shàngbānzú) means “office workers; nine-to-fivers”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: office workers; nine-to-fivers
- Pinyin: shàngbānzú (shang4 ban1 zu2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 很多上班族坐地铁。
  Hěn duō shàngbānzú zuò dìtiě.
  Many office workers take the subway.

## Characters

- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above
- [班](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-class/) (bān): class; team
- [族](https://hanziro.com/word/zu-ethnic-group/) (zú): ethnic group; clan

https://hanziro.com/word/shang-ban-zu-office-workers/

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