陪酒

péijiǔ
verb #55,381

Meanings

  1. 1 to drink with someone to keep them company
  2. 2 to work as a paid drinking companion

Examples

HSK 4
Jǐngfāng cháfēng le yì jiā tígōng péijiǔ fúwù de yèzǒnghuì.
Police shut down a nightclub that offered paid drinking companions.
HSK 7-9
Tā gāng jìn gōngsī, yìngchou shí jīngcháng yào tì lǐngdǎo péijiǔ.
Being new at the company, he often has to drink with guests on his boss's behalf at business dinners.

Tips

culture
At business banquets, juniors are often expected to toast and drink with the guests in their boss's place, a duty many young workers resent. In nightlife, 陪酒 is paid hostess work, one of the 三陪 together with dancing and singing with customers; a hostess who does it is a 陪酒小姐.
usage
陪 'to keep someone company' + an activity is a small word family: 陪聊 'a paid chat companion', 陪玩 'a paid gaming companion'.

Stroke Order

陪 péi
酒 jiǔ