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空服員

简空服员 · 繁空服員

Mandarin · pinyin kōng fú yuán

flight attendant
cabin crew

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
服: fú · clothes; wear, dress
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员: yuán · member; personnel, staff member

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1–2–2 · kong1 fu2 yuan2

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noun

(aviation, Taiwan) short for 空中服務員／空中服务员 (kōngzhōng fúwùyuán, “flight attendant; steward”) (Classifier: 個／个; 位)

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