僕役

Chinese

		servant	service
trad. (僕役)		僕	役
simp. (仆役)		仆	役

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): púyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶ jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: púyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: púyì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-i⁴
    • Yale: pú-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwuyih
    • Palladius: пуи (pui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: buk⁶ jik⁶
    • Yale: buhk yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚² jɪk̚²/

Noun

僕役

1. lackey; servant

Synonyms

• 使人 (literary)
• 傭人／佣人
• 僕人／仆人 (púrén)
• 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
• 太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
• 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú)
• 奴役 (núyì) (literary)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
• 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
• 蒼頭／苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)