夥計

See also: 伙计 and 伙計

Chinese

		assistant; partner; many assistant; partner; many; great; numerous	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (夥計/伙計)		夥/伙	計
simp. (伙计)		伙	计

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒjì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² gei³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hér-kì / hé-kì / hóe-kì

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê² gi³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hu-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjì → huǒji (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒji̊
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-chi⁵
  - Yale: hwǒ-ji
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.jih
  - Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i⁴/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    夥計 / 伙计
    夥記 / 伙记
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fo² gei³
  - Yale: fó gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ kei̯³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    夥計 / 伙计
    夥記 / 伙记
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hér-kì
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /hə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ki³¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hé-kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefkix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hué-kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ki²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê² gi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué kì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ki²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵hu-ci
  - MiniDict: hu^去 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hu-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

夥計

(dated, informal) shop assistant; sales rep
(informal) partner; associate; mate; buddy
(Cantonese) waiter or waitress
(Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) employee; staff member
(Taiwanese Hokkien) mistress

Synonyms

(shop assistant) (literary) 小官 (xiǎoguān)
(waiter):

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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)
跑堂兒的 / 跑堂儿的 (pǎotángrde) (dated)
跑堂的 (Jin)

Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姘婦, 情婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家婆
	Hong Kong	情婦, 契家婆, 二奶, 阿二
	Dongguan	契家婆, 情婦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	二奶
Gan	Nanchang	野老婆
Gan	Pingxiang	野老婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄婆, 婊婆
	Taipei	夥計
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	夥計
	Kaohsiung	夥計
	Yilan	夥計
	Changhua (Lukang)	夥計
	Taichung	夥計仔
	Tainan	夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT
	Hsinchu	夥計
	Kinmen	鬥頭
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	細姨
	Leizhou	契家婆
Xiang	Changsha	野老婆
	Loudi	野老婆
	Hengyang	野老婆