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"(old) waiter" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
堂倌 táng guān (old) waiter / attendant syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner / fellow / mate / waiter / servant / shop assistant syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
服务员 服務員 fú wù yuán waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
侍者 shì zhě attendant / waiter syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
侍应 侍應 shì yìng waiter / waitress (abbr. for 侍應生|侍应生[shi4 ying4 sheng1])
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
领班 領班 lǐng bān supervisor / foreman / head waiter or waitress
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
小二 xiǎo èr waiter
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
跑堂 pǎo táng waiter (old)
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
茶房 chá fáng waiter / steward / porter / teahouse syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy
京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn
岂 豈 kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn
曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn
蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn
穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn
侍应生 侍應生 shì yìng shēng waiter / waitress syn
老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard
廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn
叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn
招待员 招待員 zhāo dài yuán service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full
牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn
哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn
老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
邕 yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1]
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old)
那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
话 諙 huà old variant of 話|话[hua4] syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
女 rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3] syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
往 wǎng old variant of 往[wang3] syn
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn
师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn
夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn
保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn
神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn
文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn
摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn
冰箱 bīng xiāng refrigerator / (old) icebox
老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn
王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp syn
老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn
老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn
老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn
华 華 huā old variant of 花[hua1] / flower syn
论文 論文 lùn wén paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) syn
伯爵 bó jué earl / count / earldom or countship (old) syn
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn
望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn
滑稽 huá jī comical / funny / amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]) / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang syn
机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn
携带 攜帶 xié dài to carry (on one's person) / to support (old) / Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4] syn
院子 yuàn zi courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL:個|个[ge4] / (old) servant syn
社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn
青蛙 qīng wā frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly guy syn
管家 guǎn jiā (old) butler / steward / manager / administrator / housekeeper / to manage a household
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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