跑堂

Chinese

		to run; to escape	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (跑堂)		跑	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǎotáng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˇ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau² tong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháu-tông
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bau-daon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǎotáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˇ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǎotáng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao³-tʻang²
  - Yale: pǎu-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paotarng
  - Palladius: паотан (paotan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǎotángr
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˇ ㄊㄤˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǎotángr
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao³-tʻang²-ʼrh
  - Yale: pǎu-tángr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paotarngl
  - Palladius: паотанр (paotanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau² tong⁴
  - Yale: páau tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau² tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao² tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháu-tông
  - Tâi-lô: pháu-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phaw'doong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bau-daon
  - MiniDict: bau^去 daon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau-daan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

跑堂

to work as a waiter; to wait tables

Noun

跑堂

(dated) waiter

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 (zǒutáng) (literary, or Min Nan, dated)
走堂的 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
走桌 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
走桌的 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
跑堂兒的 / 跑堂儿的 (pǎotángrde) (dated)
跑堂的 (Jin)