The criteria of a budget husband are as follows:

“经济适用男”标准如下：

Between 5'8" and 5'11"身高172cm-182cm

Weighs between roughly 145-190 pounds 体重65-85公斤

Normal haircut and appearance 发型普通

Warm and mild personality 性格温和

Does not smoke, drinks little, doesn't love frequenting bars 不吸烟少喝酒，不爱泡吧

Has a BA or above 本科以上学历

Earns between $500 and $1,600) per month 月薪3000-10000元

Knows how to cook会做饭

Has filial piety and refined manners 有孝心，举止斯文

Patient, loving, keen to advance forward, modest, earnest, magnanimous, absolutely devoted and loyal,

有耐心、有爱心、有上进心；谦虚、稳重、大方，对待爱情忠诚不二

ready to shoulder responsibility 有担当

"Budget wife" is the female counterpart of "budget husband," or jingji shiyong nan, a concept introduced at least four years ago. The 2009 publication of the book Me and My Budget Husband popularized the term, and its 2012 transformation into a TV drama series fueled the term's further spread.

前有“经济适用男”，后有“经济适用女”。“经济适用男”的概念其实在四年前就已经有了，2009年小说《我和我的经济适用男》发布让“经济适用男”这个词火了，2012年由该书改编的同名电视剧播出，也让这个术语更深入人心。

The word "budget husband" originates from the word "budget housing" (jingji shiyong fang), government subsidized public housing for low-income households. As the name implies, budget husbands' economic power trails that of "diamond husbands" -- intelligent, educated, rich, and well-mannered men from respectable families. Nonetheless, a budget husband is, according to Baidu, the new ideal among Chinese female white-collar workers.

“经济适用男”这个词源自政府补贴为低收入家庭修建住房的“经济适用房”一词。从名字上我们就能看出，“经济适用男”们经济实力当然不如传说中的“钻石王老五”：钻石王老五指的是聪明、受过良好教育、富有、举止得体且出身较好的男性们。但根据百度信息显示，“经济适用男”现在是中国女白领们最理想的对象。

One of the main characteristics of a budget husband is that he be "normal." Not ugly but not too handsome; neither poor nor rich. In short: mediocre.

“经济适用男”的主要特征之一就是“普通”：不丑也不太帅，不穷也不会太有钱。简而言之计就是一个词儿：平庸。

But this mediocrity promises stability. Budget husbands are reliable, both financially and emotionally. They will loyally stay at home and take care of the house; they will not go out to bars or have extramarital affairs.

因为这种平庸就代表着稳定。“经济适用男”很可靠，不论是经济上还是情感上都非常值得依赖。他们会老实待在家照顾家人，不泡吧不搞婚外情。


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