走堂

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (走堂)		走	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒutáng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² tong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cháu-tn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒutáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒutáng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-tʻang²
  - Yale: dzǒu-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooutarng
  - Palladius: цзоутан (czoutan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² tong⁴
  - Yale: jáu tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsáu-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'dngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

走⫽堂 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to skip a class

Synonyms

曠課／旷课 (kuàngkè)

Antonyms

上堂 (shàngtáng)

Noun

走堂

(literary or Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) waiter (of a restaurant or tavern)

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)
服務生 / 服务生 (fúwùshēng) (chiefly male)
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)