服務生

Chinese

		service	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

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

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)
跑堂兒的 / 跑堂儿的 (pǎotángrde) (dated)
跑堂的 (Jin)