僕歐

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Chinese

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servant phonetic
trad. (僕歐)
simp. (仆欧)

Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of English boy, via Shanghainese.

Compare French boy, Vietnamese bồi, Thai บ๋อย (bɔ̌i), Khmer បោយ (baoy), Lao ໂບຍ (bōi) ― various borrowings from the English term, all meaning “(male) servant”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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僕歐

  1. (dated) waiter; attendant