粵

揸zaa1水seoi2煲bou1

zaa1 seoi2 bou1zhā shuǐ bāo

English

  1. to hold water kettle, to work as waiter
  2. waitress
  3. server
  4. literally "to hold water pot", figuratively a "restaurant worker" or a "waiter"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 侍應

Examples

  • 阿松佢喺茶樓打工做揸水煲,但係意外打爛嗮成個廚房啲碗碟。跟手就畀人抨走咗。

    A-chung worked as a waiter at the tea house, but he accidentally broke all the plates in the kitchen and got fired.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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