The word shangpantsu (" nine-to-fivers "), which comes from Japan, originally designated white-collar workers, but more broadly speaking it means anyone with a job, including blue-collar laborers and" pink-collar "working women.
「上班族」一詞來自日本，原來是指白領階級；但是廣義來講，只要有班可上，包括藍領階級的「工廠族」和國外稱職業婦女的「粉紅領階級」都可算在內。