蟻族

Chinese

		ant	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (蟻族)		蟻	族
simp. (蚁族)		蚁	族
Literally: “ant tribe”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐzú
    • Wade–Giles: i³-tsu²
    • Yale: yǐ-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiitzwu
    • Palladius: ицзу (iczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵ zuk⁶
    • Yale: ngáih juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

蟻族

1. (neologism, slang) group of low income university graduates who settle for a poverty-level existence in the cities of China