僕歐

Chinese

servant phonetic
trad. (僕歐) 僕 歐
simp. (仆欧) 仆 欧

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English boy, via Shanghainese.

Compare French boy, Vietnamese bồi, Thai บ๋อย (bɔ̌i), Khmer បោយ (baoy), Lao ໂບຍ (bōi) ― various borrowings from the English term, all meaning “(male) servant”.

Pronunciation

Noun

僕歐

  1. (dated) waiter; attendant
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