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Chinese symbol for “waitress”

服务员
fú wù yuán
Traditional: 服務員
waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for waitress is 服务员 (fú wù yuán), defined as: waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel; 个 (gè),位 (wèi).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

服 fú
clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine
radical 74 ⽉ · 8 strokes
务 wù
affairs, business; should; must
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “waitress”

WordPinyinMeaning
侍应生 (侍應生)shì yìng shēngwaiter; waitress

Related words

Other words that share a character with 服务员.

WordPinyinMeaning
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)
服装 (服裝)fú zhuāngdress; clothing
舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well
说服 (說服)shuō fúto persuade; to convince
制服zhì fúto subdue; to check
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
业务 (業務)yè wùbusiness; professional work
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “waitress”.

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.

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