夥計

See also: 伙计 and 伙計

Chinese

		assistant; partner; many assistant; partner; many; great; numerous	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (夥計/伙計)		夥/伙	計
simp. (伙计)		伙	计

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒjì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² gei³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hér-kì / hé-kì / hóe-kì

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê² gi³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵hu-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjì → huǒji (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒji̊
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-chi⁵
  - Yale: hwǒ-ji
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.jih
  - Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    夥計／伙计
    夥記／伙记
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fo² gei³
  - Yale: fó gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ kei̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    夥計／伙计
    夥記／伙记
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hér-kì
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Lukang): /hə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ki³¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hé-kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefkix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-kì
  - Tâi-lô: hué-kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ki²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê² gi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué kì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ki²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵hu-ci
  - MiniDict: hu^去 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hu-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

夥計

(dated, informal) shop assistant; sales rep
(informal) partner; associate; mate; buddy
(Cantonese) waiter or waitress
(Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) employee; staff member
(Taiwanese Hokkien) mistress

Synonyms

(shop assistant):

企檯／企台 (kei⁵ toi^4-2) (Cantonese)
侍應／侍应 (shìyìng) (chiefly Cantonese)
侍應生／侍应生 (shìyìngshēng) (chiefly Cantonese)
侍者 (shìzhě) (formal)
堂倌 (tángguān) (literary)
夥記／伙记 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
小二 (xiǎo'èr) (dated)
服務員／服务员 (fúwùyuán)
服務生／服务生 (fúwùshēng) (chiefly male)
走堂 (zǒutáng) (literary, or Min Nan, dated)
走堂的 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
走桌 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
走桌的 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
跑堂 (pǎotáng) (dated)
跑堂的 (Jin)

(minor official) (literary) 小官 (xiǎoguān)
(mistress) 姘婦／姘妇 (pīnfù), 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù); (Gan, Xiang) 野老婆; (Hokkien) 婊婆, 鬥頭／斗头, 夥計仔／伙计仔