0 a young, ambitious, professional person who earns a lot of money and spends it on fashionable things -- คนอายุน้อยที่มีความทะเยอทะยานและความเชี่ยวชาญซึ่งทำงานหารายได้เองแล้วและใช้จ่ายหมดไปกับสิ่งของตามสมัยนิยม
Their monthly salaries, ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 yuan, are much lower than those of the yuppies.
The yuppies used all of the local variants significantly less than the state professionals did.
In contrast, across all four variables, female yuppies overwhelmingly favored the non-local variants.
The most striking difference between the state professionals and the yuppies lies in their use of the "cosmopolitan" full tone variant.
The non-local variants of the other three variables were all used significantly more often when the yuppies discussed their work-related experiences.
Linguistic practice is only a par t of the practices that distinguish the yuppies from other social groups.
In the interviews, qiáoliáng 'bridge' was frequently used by these yuppies to describe their role and their various "bridging" practices in the international business sector.
Its use not only distinguishes the yuppies from their state counterpar ts, but also helps create and perpetuate the sanctions of the new linguistic market.
