Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
服务员
fúwùyuán
Description
服务员是在饭店、酒店或商店里给客人帮忙的人。
A 服务员 is a person who helps customers in restaurants, hotels, or stores.
你想点菜的时候，可以叫服务员来。
When you want to order food, you can call the 服务员 over.
Meanings
服务员fúwùyuán
waiter, waitress, attendant, service staff
服务员，请给我一杯水。
Waiter, please give me a glass of water.
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Notes
- Etymology
服务 (service) + 员 (person/staff member), literally "service person".
- Nuance
common way to call staff in restaurants; 先生/美女 are more casual alternatives.
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