店小二

Chinese

		inn; shop; store	young waiter; second year in primary school; second grade
simp. and trad. (店小二)		店	小二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànxiǎo'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim³ siu² ji^6-2

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànxiǎo'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànsiǎo-èr
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsiao³-êrh⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-syǎu-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannsheauell
    • Palladius: дяньсяоэр (djanʹsjaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim³ siu² ji^6-2
    • Yale: dim síu yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim³ siu² ji^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim³ xiu² yi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³³ siːu̯³⁵ jiː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

店小二

1. (historical, colloquial) attendant in a hotel or tavern

Synonyms

• 店保

References

• “Entry #46409”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.