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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùyuán → fúwuyuán (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ → ㄈㄨˊ ˙ㄨㄩㄢˊ (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 ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁶ vu⁴ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /fuk̚⁵ vu⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍k-vu-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fug vu (r)ian^ˇ
  - 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

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

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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)