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

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• 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

1. to work as a waiter; to wait tables

Noun

跑堂

1. (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)
• 跑堂的 (Jin)