茶位

Chinese

		tea; tea plant	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (茶位)		茶	位
simp. #(茶位)		茶	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ wai^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-wei⁴
    • Yale: chá-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charwey
    • Palladius: чавэй (čavɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ wai^6-2
    • Yale: chàh wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

茶位

1. number of guests in a party at a restaurant, especially a dim sum restaurant (茶樓／茶楼 (chálóu))
   • 2023 March 14, 安祖娜, “港媽4大2小飲茶叫6人位　被要求付6人茶錢竟批：BB未夠1歲都計？”, in 香港01‎^[1]:

     「BB未夠1歲都要收茶位咩？」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「BB未够1岁都要收茶位咩？」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     “bi⁴ bi¹ mei⁶ gau³ jat¹ seoi³ dou¹ jiu³ sau¹ caa⁴ wai⁶ me¹?” [Jyutping]

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     「如果BB唔計茶位，你哋出面再等叫飛」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「如果BB唔计茶位，你哋出面再等叫飞」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     “jyu⁴ gwo² bi⁴ bi¹ m⁴ gai³ caa⁴ wai⁶, nei⁵ dei⁶ ceot¹ min⁶ zoi³ dang² giu³ fei¹” [Jyutping]

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