月光族

Chinese

		moonlight; moon	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
simp. and trad. (月光族)		月光	族

Etymology

From 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
(Pinyin): yuèguāngzú

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gwong¹ zuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèguāngzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄗㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehguangtzwu
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ gwong¹ zuk⁶
  - Yale: yuht gwōng juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gwong¹ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ guong¹ zug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚²/

Idiom

月光族

people who live from paycheck to paycheck

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