One word, one everyday story

Culture · Create free account · Log in · Feedback

Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.

porter

/pɔrtɚ/

Original teaching content · provenance and version

Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

1 · noun

a person who carries luggage for others

搬运工；行李员

Read the example to see porter in context.

A porter helped us carry the bags to our room.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

一位行李员帮我们把包送到房间。
Mandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

Share this public expression

Connect this word to your life

Pronunciation: /pɔrtɚ/

Try using this word in a sentence of your own; you may skip this.