How to pronounce fu wu yuan (服务员) in Chinese

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服务员

fú wù yuán

Characters & meanings

服
fúT2

clothes; to serve

务
wùT4

affair; business

员
yuánT2

member; staff

Common mistake

Rising + falling + rising (2-4-2): a pitch zigzag — up on fú, down on wù, back up on yuán (ü + en). Practice it slowly as a wave before speeding up.

Example sentence

服务员,买单!

Fúwùyuán, mǎidān!

Waiter, the check please!

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