KTV girl

plural KTV girls

1. An attractive young woman employed by a KTV bar to serve drinks and snacks and to sing along with male patrons.

   This giant establishment is one of Shanghai's most popular Karaoke TV (KTV) bars, and among the few that are dedicated to KTV instead of KTV girls.

   2015, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's China, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   The coffee shop had the usual post 2 a.m. crowd—some Indian cleaners having breakfast before going to work and a couple of KTV girls having supper with clients from the lounge across the road.

   2010, Neil Humphreys, Match Fixer, →ISBN, page 131

   I spoke to Zheng about whether visiting KTV girls, those who work at the vast network of karaoke joints across China which are known to offer far more than a friendly singalong, is more stigmatised amongst the post-1980s generation compared to earlier generations.

   2015, Jemimah Steinfeld, Little Emperors and Material Girls: Youth and Sex in Modern China, →ISBN, page 89