工具人

• 拼音: gōng jù rén
• 汉字拆解: 工具 (tool) + 人 (person) -> person treated as a tool.

含义

A person used only for practical value, like a tool. It often describes someone ignored emotionally but relied on for tasks.

工具人 can be self-mocking or critical of unfair relationships. It appears in work, school, dating, and group-project contexts.

例句

1. 我只是来搬东西的工具人。
2. 别把同事当工具人。
3. 他在这段关系里像工具人。

用法指南

语境: work, school, relationships

语气: self-mocking, critical

正确说法

• 我不想一直当工具人。（I do not want to keep being used as a tool.）

错误说法

• 把正常分工都说成工具人。（Not every task assignment is exploitation.）

常见错误

• Using it for any helper; it implies lack of respect or emotional regard.

起源与历史

工具 means tool, and 人 means person; the metaphor reduces someone to utility.

文化背景

时代: 2010s onward

世代: Students, workers, and internet users

社会背景: Workplace, campus, and dating contexts

地区说明: Common across Mainland online speech.