# 服務員
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fúwùyuán
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фувуйуан (fuvuyuan, I-III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^6$ mou$^6$ jyun$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍k-vu-yèn / fu̍k-vu-yàn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k-bū-oân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hog$^8$ bhu$^6$ uêng$^5$ / hog$^8$ bhu$^6$ uang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùyuán → fúwuyuán (toneless variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ → ㄈㄨˊ ˙ㄨ ㄩㄢˊ (toneless variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fúwůyuán
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-wu$^5$-yüan$^2$
*** Yale: fú-wu-ywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu.wuhyuan
*** Palladius: фууюань (fuujuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/ → /fu³⁵ u³ ɥɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fúwùyuánr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fúwùyuánr
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-wu$^4$-yüan$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fú-wù-ywánr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwuhyual
*** Palladius: фууюаньр (fuujuanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɑɻ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фувуйуан (fuvuyuan, I-III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /fou²⁴ vou⁴⁴ uæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^6$ mou$^6$ jyun$^4$
*** Yale: fuhk mouh yùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^9$ mou$^6$ jyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^6$ mou$^6$ yun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚² mou̯²² jyːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍k-vu-yèn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fug vu ien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fug$^6$ vu$^4$ yan$^2$
*** 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: fug$^6$ vu$^4$ yan$^2$
*** 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: hog$^8$ bhu$^6$ uêng$^5$ / hog$^8$ bhu$^6$ uang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k bŭ uêng / ho̍k bŭ uâng
*** Sinological IPA : /hok̚⁴⁻² bu³⁵⁻¹¹ ueŋ⁵⁵/, /hok̚⁴⁻² bu³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/
* hog8 bhu6 uêng5 - Chaozhou;
* hog8 bhu6 uang5 - Shantou.

### Noun

服務員
* server; attendant; waiter; waitress; clerk; porter; valet
       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 (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)