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服务员fú wù yuán
waiter
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 服务员 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 服務員 | ||
| 服務員 | fúwùyuán, t, er=y | |
| 1. n. server; attendant; waiter; waitress; clerk; porter; valet | ||
| 機艙 服務員 專用 通道 - crew passage | ||
| 服務員！結賬！ - Waiter! The bill, please! | ||
| 2. usage. Often used as a polite way of getting the attention of a waiter, equivalent to excuse me in English. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| waiter | ||
| 1. 侍者 | ||
| Components | ||
| 服 | fú, fù | |
| 1. clothes; garment | ||
| 衣服 - clothes | ||
| 校服 - school uniform | ||
| 2. mourning dress | ||
| 3. to wear; to put on | ||
| 4. to take; to eat | ||
| 服藥 - to take medicine | ||
| 服用 - to take medicine | ||
| 服毒 - to take poison | ||
| 每日 服 三 次。 - Take it three times a day. | ||
| 5. to serve | ||
| 客服 - customer service | ||
| 服 兵役 - to serve in the army | ||
| 服刑 - to serve a sentence | ||
| 6. to submit; to agree; to accept; to obey | ||
| 不服 - to refuse to accept | ||
| 7. (Used to express defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments) | ||
| 服 了 你 了。 - You win. | ||
| 我 真係 服 咗 你。 - Come on, I surrender. | ||
| 8. to convince; to persuade | ||
| 9. to be accustomed to | ||
| 10. (gaming) Short for 伺服器; server | ||
| 11. (historical) inner pair of horses among the four that pull an imperial carriage | ||
| Fu | ||
| 务 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 務 | ||
| 務 | wù | |
| 1. to be engaged in; to be devoted to | ||
| 服務 - service | ||
| 2. to seek; to pursue | ||
| 3. business; affairs | ||
| 4. must; should; be sure to | ||
| 5. 26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (?) | ||
| 6. (Min Dong) Alternative form of 有 (-, t=to have) | ||
| 员 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 員 | ||
| 員 | yuán | |
| 1. member | ||
| 2. personnel; staff member | ||
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Pronunciation
fú wù yuán
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