月光族
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Chinese
| month; monthly | to use up | race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (月光族) | 月 | 光 | 族 | |
| simp. #(月光族) | 月 | 光 | 族 | |
Etymology
Reanalysis of 月光 (yuèguāng, “moonlight”) as 一到月底就把零用錢用光光／一到月底就把零用钱用光光 ("to spend all of one's spare cash by the end of the month") + 族 (zú, “a category of people”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄗㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuèguangzú
- Wade–Giles: yüeh4-kuang1-tsu2
- Yale: ywè-gwāng-dzú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehguangtzwu
- Palladius: юэгуанцзу (jueguanczu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyut6 gwong1 zuk6
- Yale: yuht gwōng juhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyt9 gwong1 dzuk9
- Guangdong Romanization: yud6 guong1 zug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːt̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Idiom
月光族
- people who live paycheck to paycheck