堂倌

Chinese

		(main) hall; large room	a groom
simp. and trad. (堂倌)		堂	倌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tángguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-kuan¹
    • Yale: táng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngguan
    • Palladius: тангуань (tanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: tòhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

堂倌

1. (literary) 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)
• 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 (pǎotáng) (dated)
• 跑堂的 (Jin)