The Chinese word for waiter is
服务员

fú wù yuán

waiter

Chinese Definition

waiter
1. 侍者
Components
服
1. clothes; garment
衣服 - clothes
校服 - school uniform
2. mourning dress
3. to wear; to put on
4. to take; to eat
服藥 - to take medicine
服用 - to take medicine
服毒 - to take poison
每日服三次。 - Take it three times a day.
5. to serve
客服 - customer service
服兵役 - to serve in the army
服刑 - to serve a sentence
6. to submit; to agree; to accept; to obey
不服 - to refuse to accept
7. (Used to express defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments)
服了你了。 - You win.
我真係服咗你。 - Come on, I surrender.
8. to convince; to persuade
9. to be accustomed to
10. (gaming) Short for 伺服器; server
11. (historical) inner pair of horses among the four that pull an imperial carriage
Fu
务
1. Simplified form of 務
员
1. Simplified form of 員

服務員
1. n. server; attendant; waiter; waitress; clerk; porter; valet
機艙服務員專用通道 - crew passage
服務員！結賬！ - Waiter! The bill, please!
2. usage. Often used as a polite way of getting the attention of a waiter, equivalent to excuse me in English.