# 夥計
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huǒjì
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fo$^2$ gei$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hér-kì / hé-kì / hóe-kì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^2$ gi$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hu-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: huo$^3$-chi$^5$
*** Yale: hwǒ-ji
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.jih
*** Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i⁴/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$夥計／伙计 夥記／伙记
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fo$^2$ gei$^3$
*** Yale: fó gei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fo$^2$ gei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fo$^2$ géi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔː³⁵ kei̯³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$夥計／伙计 夥記／伙记
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-kì
*** Tâi-lô: hér-kì
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
*** IPA (Lukang): /hə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ki³¹/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-kì
*** Tâi-lô: hé-kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hefkix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-kì
*** Tâi-lô: hué-kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ki²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huê$^2$ gi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué kì
*** Sinological IPA : /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ki²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$hu-ci
*** MiniDict: hu$^去$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$hu-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):
* 企檯／企台 (kei$^5$ 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)
* 跑堂的 (Jin)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姘婦, 情婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 契家婆, 情婦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 野老婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄婆, 婊婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 夥計仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 夥計 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鬥頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鬥頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 契家婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 野老婆 |

#### See also

* 夥記／伙記／伙记 (huǒjì)