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Chinese
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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)
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夥/伙
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計
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| simp. (伙计)
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伙
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计
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Pronunciation
Noun
夥計
- (dated, informal) shop assistant; sales rep
- (informal) partner; associate; mate; buddy
- (Cantonese) waiter or waitress
- (Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) employee; staff member
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) mistress
Synonyms
- (shop assistant) (literary) 小官 (xiǎoguān)
- (waiter):
- 企檯／企台 (kei5 toi4-2) (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)
Dialectal synonyms of
情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”)
See also