夥計

See also: 伙计 and 伙計

Chinese

		assistant; partner; many assistant; partner; many; great; numerous	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (夥計/伙計)		夥/伙	計
simp. (伙计)		伙	计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² gei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hér-kì / hé-kì / hóe-kì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² gi³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵hu-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjì → huǒji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒji̊
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chi⁵
    • Yale: hwǒ-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.jih
    • Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i⁴/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 夥計／伙计 夥記／伙记

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo² gei³
    • Yale: fó gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ kei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 夥計／伙计 夥記／伙记

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-kì
    • Tâi-lô: hér-kì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /hə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ki³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-kì
    • Tâi-lô: hé-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefkix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-kì
    • Tâi-lô: hué-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² gi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué kì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ki²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵hu-ci
    • MiniDict: hu^去 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hu-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

夥計

1. (dated, informal) shop assistant; sales rep
2. (informal) partner; associate; mate; buddy
3. (Cantonese) waiter or waitress
4. (Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) employee; staff member
5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) mistress

Synonyms

• (shop assistant):

• 企檯／企台 (kei⁵ toi^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 侍應／侍应 (shìyìng) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 侍應生／侍应生 (shìyìngshēng) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 侍者 (shìzhě) (formal)
• 堂倌 (tángguān) (literary)
• 夥記／伙记 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
• 小二 (xiǎo'èr) (dated)
• 服務員／服务员 (fúwùyuán)
• 服務生／服务生 (fúwùshēng) (chiefly male)
• 走堂 (zǒutáng) (literary, or Min Nan, dated)
• 走堂的 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 走桌 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 走桌的 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 跑堂 (pǎotáng) (dated)
• 跑堂的 (Jin)

 

• (minor official) (literary) 小官 (xiǎoguān)
• (mistress) 姘婦／姘妇 (pīnfù), 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù); (Gan, Xiang) 野老婆; (Hokkien) 婊婆, 鬥頭／斗头, 夥計仔／伙计仔

See also

• 夥記／伙記／伙记 (huǒjì)