Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

household help

Chinese translation:

佣人

Added to glossary by Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Feb 8, 2008 04:50
16 yrs ago
English term

household help

English to Chinese Law/Patents General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Context is as below:
"Family members eligible to become Family Guests are: brothers, sisters, father, mother, spouse(s), children, grand children, grand parents, parents-in-law, step parents, step children, step siblings, step grand children, and one household help."
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Proposed translations (Chinese)
3 +8 家仆
Change log

Feb 22, 2008 04:55: Wenjer Leuschel (X) Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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41 mins
Selected

家仆

在人家家里帮佣的,叫 household help,所以我用了老一点的说法:家僕。

也許在中國大陸已經不這麼稱法了。等別人的指正。
Peer comment(s):

agree rushidao : 家佣 may be more appropriate
46 mins
Right. Usually, we call such a person 佣人 or 仆人。
agree orientalhorizon
10 hrs
Thanks.
agree Jinhang Wang
16 hrs
Thanks.
agree Francis Fine
23 hrs
Thanks.
agree Milton Guo : 只剩”保姆“这一说法了
2 days 23 hrs
Thanks.
agree C2Expert : 家佣 seems better
3 days 15 hrs
Thanks. I guess so. “宁予外人,不予家仆”sounds bad.
agree Helen Li : 家佣
10 days
agree HaiyingBai (X) : interesting
42 days
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