paak3 ce1 zai2泊車仔泊车仔
Jyutpingpaak3 ce1 zai2
Yalepaak chē jái
Definition
Valet parking attendant; valet boy.
colloquialpeopletransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to the person responsible for parking cars at restaurants or clubs, often in a casual or slightly informal way. While it includes the word 仔, which means boy or young man, it is commonly used regardless of the person's actual age. It carries a slightly more grounded and less formal tone than the term 代客泊車.
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go3個goExamples
That valet boy parked the car for us.
Related words
Common phrases
tip the valet boy
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with a professional valet service manager or a security guard who happens to be directing traffic, as the term implies a specific role of moving the vehicle for the customer.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
