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Chinese
Pronunciation
Note:
- hog8 bhu6 uêng5 - Chaozhou;
- hog8 bhu6 uang5 - Shantou.
Noun
服務員
- server; attendant; waiter; waitress; clerk; porter; valet
機艙服務員專用通道 [MSC, trad.]
机舱服务员专用通道 [MSC, simp.]- jīcāng fúwùyuán zhuānyòng tōngdào
- crew passage
- 服務員！結賬！／服务员！结账！ ― Fúwùyuán! Jiézhàng! ― Waiter! The bill, please!
Usage notes
Often used as a polite way of getting the attention of a waiter, equivalent to excuse me in English.
Synonyms
- 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)
- 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
- 夥記／伙记 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
- 小二 (xiǎo'èr) (dated)
- 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)
Derived terms