Word on the street

 

Thumb generation

拇指族

(mǔzhǐ zú)

 

A: Will you put down your cellphone?

别玩手机了可以吗？

(bié wán shǒujī le kěyǐ ma?)

 

B: I want to, but I just can't help myself.

我也想呀, 但是我停不下来。

(wǒ yě xiǎnɡ ya, dànshì wǒ tínɡ bú xià lái.)

 

A: You are a typical thumb generation. It refers to those people to whom the mobile phone is not just a device for speaking to people, but rather is the center of their universe.

你是个典型的拇指族。它指的是那些把手机当做生活中心,而不仅仅是交流工具的人。

(nǐ shìɡe diǎnxínɡ de mǔzhǐ zú. tā zhǐdeshì nàxiē bǎ shǒujī dànɡzuò shēnɡhuó zhōnɡxīn, ér bù jǐnjǐn shì jiāoliú ɡōnɡjù de rén.)