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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “waitress”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 服务员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) |
| 服装 (服裝) | fú zhuāng | dress; clothing |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable; feeling well |
| 说服 (說服) | shuō fú | to persuade; to convince |
| 制服 | zhì fú | to subdue; to check |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 业务 (業務) | yè wù | business; professional work |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; 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.