Pink-collar names jobs that often pay rather little and that, for a long time, were done mainly by women — office work, shops, restaurants, care work. People also call the workers themselves pink-collar.

Pink-collar names jobs that often pay rather littlePink-collar指的是薪水常常偏低的工作, and that, for a long time, were done mainly by women而且長久以來主要由女性在做 — office work, shops, restaurants, care work像是office work（行政工作）、shops（店面）、restaurants（餐飲）、care work（照護工作）。People also call the workers themselves pink-collar大家也把做這些工作的人稱作pink-collar。

The phrase was built to sit beside blue-collar (factory and trades) and white-collar (office and professional jobs). Pink was chosen because people treated pink as a “women’s” colour, the match for blue as a “men’s” colour; pink blouses in service jobs may have helped the name stick.

The phrase was built to sit beside blue-collar (factory and trades) and white-collar (office and professional jobs)這個說法是為了跟blue-collar（藍領，工廠、技術類工作）和white-collar（白領，辦公室、專業工作）並列而造出來的。Pink was chosen because people treated pink as a 'women's' colour選pink（粉紅色），是因為大家把粉紅色當成「女生的」顏色, the match for blue as a 'men's' colour對應藍色是「男生的」顏色; pink blouses in service jobs may have helped the name stick服務業裡的粉紅色上衣也許讓這個名字更容易流傳下來。

Though actually, many speakers now find the label old-fashioned or unfair, because it ties work to gender. You still meet it in news when someone is talking about pay and whose work is valued.

Though actually不過其實, many speakers now find the label old-fashioned or unfair現在很多人覺得這個標籤過時或不公平, because it ties work to gender因為它把工作跟性別綁在一起。You still meet it in news你還是會在新聞裡看到它, when someone is talking about pay and whose work is valued當有人在談薪資，和誰的工作被重視的時候。