服務員

See also: 服务员

Chinese

		service; to serve; to work	person; employee; member
trad. (服務員)		服務	員
simp. (服务员)		服务	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fúwùyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фувуйуан (fuvuyuan, I-III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ mou⁶ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍k-vu-yèn / fu̍k-vu-yàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k-bū-oân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁸ bhu⁶ uêng⁵ / hog⁸ bhu⁶ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùyuán → fúwuyuán (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ → ㄈㄨˊ ˙ㄨ ㄩㄢˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwůyuán
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wu⁵-yüan²
    • Yale: fú-wu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu.wuhyuan
    • Palladius: фууюань (fuujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/ → /fu³⁵ u³ ɥɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùyuánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwùyuánr
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wu⁴-yüan²-ʼrh
    • Yale: fú-wù-ywánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwuhyual
    • Palladius: фууюаньр (fuujuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɑɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фувуйуан (fuvuyuan, I-III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou²⁴ vou⁴⁴ uæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ mou⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: fuhk mouh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ mou⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ mou⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² mou̯²² jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍k-vu-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug vu ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁶ vu⁴ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚⁵ vu⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍k-vu-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug vu (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁶ vu⁴ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚⁵ vu⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k-bū-oân
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k-bū-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hogbuxoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴⁻² bu⁴¹⁻²² uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bu²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁸ bhu⁶ uêng⁵ / hog⁸ bhu⁶ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k bŭ uêng / ho̍k bŭ uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚⁴⁻² bu³⁵⁻¹¹ ueŋ⁵⁵/, /hok̚⁴⁻² bu³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• hog8 bhu6 uêng5 - Chaozhou;
• hog8 bhu6 uang5 - Shantou.

Noun

服務員

1. server; attendant; waiter; waitress; clerk; porter; valet

   機艙服務員專用通道 [MSC, trad.]
   机舱服务员专用通道 [MSC, simp.]

   jīcāng fúwùyuán zhuānyòng tōngdào [Pinyin]

   crew passage

   服務員！結賬！／服务员！结账！  ―  Fúwùyuán! Jiézhàng!  ―  Waiter! The bill, please!

Usage notes

Often used as a polite way of getting the attention of a waiter, equivalent to excuse me in English.

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)

 

Derived terms

• 家庭服務員／家庭服务员 (jiātíng fúwùyuán)
• 空中服務員／空中服务员 (kōngzhōng fúwùyuán)