Chinese symbol for “attendant”
侍者
shì zhě
attendant; waiter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for attendant is 侍者 (shì zhě), defined as: attendant; waiter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “attendant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跟班 | gēn bān | attendant; footman (servant) |
| 随员 (隨員) | suí yuán | attendant |
| 从 (從) | cóng | from; through; via; (bound form) to follow |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | left and right; nearby |
| 服务员 (服務員) | fú wù yuán | waiter; waitress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 侍者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侍郎 | shì láng | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) |
| 服侍 | fú shi | to attend to; to care for (patients etc) |
| 侍卫 (侍衛) | shì wèi | Imperial bodyguard |
| 侍女 | shì nǚ | maid |
| 侍奉 | shì fèng | to wait upon; to serve |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or; possibly; maybe; perhaps |
| 作者 | zuò zhě | author; writer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “attendant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.