榴槤族

Chinese

		durian	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (榴槤族)		榴槤	族
simp. (榴梿族)		榴梿	族
alternative forms		榴蓮族／榴莲族
Literally: “durian clan”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúliánzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ lin⁴ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúliánzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuliánzú
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-lien²-tsu²
    • Yale: lyóu-lyán-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouliantzwu
    • Palladius: люляньцзу (ljuljanʹczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ lin⁴ zuk⁶
    • Yale: làuh lìhn juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ lin⁴ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lin⁴ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ liːn²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

榴槤族

1. (neologism, slang) people in the workplace who have been working for many years but are hard to get along with