Xiǎojiě Literally Address 小姐  Whore Prostitute Miss Everyday

小姐 

xiǎojiě

Whore, prostitute. Literally “little miss.” Xiǎojiě is also an everyday form of address for waitresses, shop-girls, and any service staff in Taiwan and southern China, but due to the association with prostitution, northern Chinese instead address such personnel by the impersonal term 服务员 fúwùyuán (foo oo yren), literally “service person.”