僕歐

Chinese

		servant	phonetic
trad. (僕歐)		僕	歐
simp. (仆欧)		仆	欧

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English boy, via Shanghainese.

Compare French boy, Vietnamese bồi, Thai บ๋อย (bɔ̌i), Khmer បោយ (baoy), Lao ໂບຍ (bōi) ― various borrowings from the English term, all meaning “(male) servant”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pú'ōu

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶ au¹
Wu (Wiktionary): boq eu (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pú'ōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwuou
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: buk⁶ au¹
  - Yale: buhk āu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹ au¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶ eo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚² ɐu̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: boq eu (T5)
  - IPA ^(key): /b̻ʊʔ¹¹ ɜ²³/

Noun

僕歐

(dated) waiter; attendant

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