僕歐
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Chinese[edit]
servant | phonetic | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (僕歐) | 僕 | 歐 | |
simp. (仆欧) | 仆 | 欧 |
Etymology[edit]
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”.
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Noun[edit]
僕歐
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