社畜

Chinese

		society; group	to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
simp. and trad. (社畜)		社	畜

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 (shachiku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siā-thiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèchù
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: shè-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehchuh
    • Palladius: шэчу (šɛču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-thiok
    • Tâi-lô: siā-thiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxtiog
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ tʰiɔk̚³²/

Noun

社畜

1. (neologism, slang, often self-deprecatory or humorous) overworked and exploited employee

References

• “社畜”, in 台語新詞辭庫 [Taiwanese Hokkien Neologism Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
社	畜
しゃ Grade: 2	ちく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
社畜 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 会社 (kaisha, “company”) + 家畜 (kachiku, “livestock”), or 社 (sha, “company”) + 畜 (chiku, “livestock”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Said to have been conceived by Satoshi Azuchi, novelist and chairman of the Japan Supermarket Association, and popularized by the journalist Makoto Sataka.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃちく [shàchíkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠t͡ɕikɯ̟]

Noun

社(しゃ)畜(ちく) • (shachiku) ^{←しやちく (syatiku)?}

1. An employee who is completely subservient to their company, never complaining about overwork or any other issues; a wage slave (wagie).