嫖客

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Chinese

visit a prostitute customer; visitor; guest
trad. (嫖客) 嫖 客
simp. #(嫖客) 嫖 客

Pronunciation

Noun

嫖客

  1. man who sees prostitutes; client of sex workers; brothel patron; john

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖客 (“brothel patron”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嫖客
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 嫖客
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嫖客
Xi'an 嫖客
Xining 嫖客
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 嫖客
Cantonese Guangzhou 嫖友, 老舉湯圓
Hong Kong 嫖客, 老契
Gan Lichuan 嫖客
Pingxiang 嫖客
Jin Xinzhou 嫖客
Southern Min Leizhou 客官
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嫖客, 嫖騇公
Wu Suzhou 嫖客
Danyang 嫖客
Hangzhou 嫖客

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫖 客
ひょう
Hyōgaiji 		かく
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
飄客

Pronunciation

Noun

嫖(ひょう)客(かく) or 嫖客(ひょうきゃく) • (hyōkaku or hyōkyaku) 

  1. a customer of prostitutes; habitue of a red-light district
    • 2016, Handō Kazutoshi, Nichi-Ro senso shi [Russo-Japanese War history], page 11:
      電(でん)車(しゃ)が一(いち)時(じ)半(はん)までやるとなっては誰(だれ)が高(たか)い金(かね)を出(だ)して人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ)を採(と)る者(もの)があろうか。先(ま)ず速(はや)い山(やま)の手(て)行(い)きの客(きゃく)か。もしくは吉(よし)原(わら)洲(す)崎(さき)へ浮(うか)れ込(こ)む嫖(ひょう)客(きゃく)をつかまえるより外(ほか)はない。
      Densha ga ichijihan made yaru tonatte wa dare ga takai kane o dashite jinrikisha o toru mono ga arō ka. Mazu hayai yamanote iki no kyaku ka. Moshikuha Yoshiwara Susaki e ukarekomu hyōkyaku o tsukamaeru yori hoka wa nai.
      Is there anyone who would pay the cost of a rickshaw when the train runs until half past one? And if it gets passengers to Yamanote sooner? Rather, no one outside the punters frequenting festive the Yoshiwara or Susaki's brothel.
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