夥記
Chinese
assistant; partner; many assistant; partner; many; great; numerous |
to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (夥記/伙記) | 夥/伙 | 記 | |
simp. (伙记) | 伙 | 记 | |
alternative forms | 夥計/伙計/伙计 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjì
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjì
- Wade–Giles: huo3-chi4
- Yale: hwǒ-jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojih
- Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 夥計 / 伙计
夥記 / 伙记
- (Standard Chinese)
- 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:
夥計 / 伙计
夥記 / 伙记
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huê2 gi3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué kì
- Sinological IPA (key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ki²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Noun
夥記
- (dated, informal) shop assistant; sales rep
- (informal) partner; associate; mate; buddy
- (chiefly Cantonese) waiter
Synonyms
- (shop assistant):
- 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)
- 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)
- 跑堂兒的 / 跑堂儿的 (pǎotángrde) (dated)
- 跑堂的 (Jin)
Descendants
- → English: foki