堂倌
Chinese
| (main) hall; large room | a groom | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (堂倌) |
堂 | 倌 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tángguān
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tángguan
- Wade–Giles: tʻang2-kuan1
- Yale: táng-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngguan
- Palladius: тангуань (tanguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tong4 gun1
- Yale: tòhng gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tong4 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: tong4 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
堂倌
- (literary) waiter (of a restaurant or tavern)
Synonyms
- 企檯 / 企台 (kei5 toi4-2) (Cantonese)
- 侍應 / 侍应 (shìyìng) (chiefly Cantonese)
- 侍應生 / 侍应生 (shìyìngshēng) (chiefly Cantonese)
- 侍者 (shìzhě) (formal)
- 夥計 / 伙计 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
- 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)