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

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

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

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