上班族 (shàng bān zú) means “office workers (as social group)”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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上班族每天挤地铁上下班。
Shàngbānzú měi tiān jǐ dìtiě shàng xià bān.
Office workers squeeze into the subway to commute every day.
Updated: 2026-07-18