空乘

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride
trad. (空乘)		空	乘
simp. ^#(空乘)		空	乘

Etymology

Short for 空中乘務員／空中乘务员 (kōngzhōng chéngwùyuán).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngchéng, kōngchèng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ, ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongchéng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: kūng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongcherng
  - Palladius: кунчэн (kunčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    空乘
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- (Standard Chinese, incorrectly)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngchèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongchèng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻêng⁴
  - Yale: kūng-chèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchenq
  - Palladius: кунчэн (kunčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

空乘

flight attendant; steward (Classifier: 個／个; 位)

Synonyms

空中乘務員 / 空中乘务员 (kōngzhōng chéngwùyuán)
空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě) (female)
空中少爺 / 空中少爷 (kōngzhōng shàoyé) (male)
空中服務員 / 空中服务员 (kōngzhōng fúwùyuán)
空佬 (hung¹ lou²) (Cantonese, male)
空姐 (kōngjiě) (female)
空嫂 (kōngsǎo) (married, female)
空少 (kōngshào) (male)
空服員 / 空服员 (kōngfúyuán)