服務生

Chinese

		service; to serve; to work	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (服務生)		服務	生
simp. (服务生)		服务	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúwùshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ mou⁶ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k-bū-seng / ho̍k-bū-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwùsheng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wu⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: fú-wù-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwuhsheng
    • Palladius: фуушэн (fuušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ u⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ mou⁶ sang¹
    • Yale: fuhk mouh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ mou⁶ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ mou⁶ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² mou̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k-bū-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k-bū-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hogbuxsefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bu²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k-bū-sng
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k-bū-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hogbuxsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴⁻² bu⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³/

Noun

服務生

1. server (chiefly male); waiter; bellboy

Synonyms

• 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)
• 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
• 夥記／伙记 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
• 小二 (xiǎo'èr) (dated)
• 服務員／服务员 (fúwùyuán)
• 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)