事仔

事仔

1. (Cantonese, dated) waiter; attendant; servant; boy
   • 1842, S. Wells Williams, Easy Lessons in Chinese or Progressive Exercises to facilitate the study of that language, especially adapted to the Canton dialect, Macao: Office of the Chinese Repository, page 87:

     兩個管店一個厨子一個看門四個事仔做得咯 [Cantonese, trad.]
     两个管店一个厨子一个看门四个事仔做得咯 [Cantonese, simp.]

     loeng⁵ go³ gun² dim³ jat¹ go³ cyu⁴ zi² jat¹ go³ hon¹ mun⁴ sei³ go³ si⁶ zai² zou⁶ dak¹ lok³ [Jyutping]

     Two coolies, one cook, one doorkeeper, and four personal servants, are enough.

   • 1889, J. Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese: Fifty Conversations in Cantonese Colloquial, with the Chinese Character, Free and Literal English Translations, and Romanised Spelling, with Tonic and Diacritical Marks, &c., Hong Kong: China Mail Office, page 98:

     咕喱話個啲事仔好沙塵嘅，唔許你講嘅，一句都唔准你講嘅． [Cantonese, trad.]
     咕喱话个啲事仔好沙尘嘅，唔许你讲嘅，一句都唔准你讲嘅． [Cantonese, simp.]

     gu¹ lei¹ waa⁶ go³ di¹ si⁶ zai² hou² saa¹ can⁴ ge³, m⁴ heoi² nei⁵ gong² ge³, jat¹ geoi³ dou¹ m⁴ zeon² nei⁵ gong² ge³. [Jyutping]

     The coolie says those boys are very saucy and will not let you say a word.

   • 1947, 楊工良, director, 新白金龍 [The New White Golden Dragon]‎^[1], spoken by 寶珠 (林妹妹):

     點解做事仔又會有鬚㗎呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     点解做事仔又会有须㗎呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     dim² gaai² zou⁶ si⁶ zai² jau⁶ wui⁵ jau⁵ sou¹ gaa³ ne¹? [Jyutping]

     Why does he have a moustache as a waiting boy?

• 侍仔 (si⁶ zai²)