粵

白baak6領leng5

simp白领
baak6 leng5bái lǐng

English

  1. white-collar
  2. white-collar; non-manual and usually skilled labour
  3. white-collar worker

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係做嘢唔使體力勞動嗰啲人,例如文員、律師(因為喺傳統入面,佢哋返工係著白色衫嘅,所以叫白領,與藍領相對)(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 白領階級

    white-collar workers

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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