侍仔

Chinese

		attend on	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (侍仔)		侍	仔
simp. #(侍仔)		侍	仔
alternative forms		事仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si⁶ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): si⁵ doi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ zai²
    • Yale: sih jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: si⁵ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³² tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

Noun

侍仔

1. (Cantonese) waiter; attendant (at the dining room or inn); bellhop; boy
   • 1947, 楊工良, director, 新白金龍 [The New White Golden Dragon]‎^[1], spoken by 寶珠 (林妹妹):

     點解做侍仔又會有鬚㗎呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     点解做侍仔又会有须㗎呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     dim² gaai² zou⁶ si⁶ zai² jau⁶ wui⁵ jau⁵ sou¹ gaa³ ne¹? [Jyutping]

     Why does he have a moustache as a waiting boy?