客人

Chinese

customer; visitor; guest man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(客人)
客 人
alternative forms 客儂/客侬 Min Nan
anagram 人客

Pronunciation


Note: qieh4 reng1 - older pronunciation.

Noun

客人

  1. traveller
  2. travelling merchant
  3. customer
  4. guest; visitor
    客人來了。/客人来了。  ―  Kèrén lái le.  ―  The guest is here.
    來客人了。/来客人了。  ―  Lái kèrén le.  ―  An (unexpected) guest is here.
    他居然沒有給客人準備煙、酒、飲料、糖、瓜子或茶葉。 [MSC, trad.]
    他居然没有给客人准备烟、酒、饮料、糖、瓜子或茶叶。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jūrán méiyǒu gěi kèrén zhǔnbèi yān, jiǔ, yǐnliào, táng, guāzǐ huò cháyè. [Pinyin]
    Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.
  5. (Hakka, Min) Hakka (person of Hakka descent)

Synonyms

  • (traveller):
  • (travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
  • (customer):
  • (guest):
  • (Hakka):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
客 人
きゃく
Grade: 3
じん
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きゃくじん [kyàkújíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝʑĩɴ]

Noun

客(きゃく)人(じん) • (kyakujin) ←きやくじん (kyakuzin)?

  1. caller
  2. visitor
  3. guest
  4. company

Derived terms

  • 客(きゃく)人(じん)島(とう) (kyakujintō)

See also

References

  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
客人

Noun

客人 • (gaegin) (hangeul 객인)

  1. Hanja form? of 객인.
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