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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kèrén

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ke² ren²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hak-ngìn

(Hailu, HRS): hag ngin
Jin (Wiktionary): kah⁴ reng¹ / qieh⁴ reng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kheh-lâng / kheeh-lâng / kheh--lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kêh⁴ nang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷khaq-gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèrén → kèren (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kère̊n
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-jên⁵
  - Yale: kè-ren
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.ren
  - Palladius: кэжэнь (kɛžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ke² ren²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kerhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛ²¹ zən²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haak³ jan⁴
  - Yale: haak yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    嚇人／吓人
    客人
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hag^ˋ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /hak̚² ŋin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hag ngin
  - Sinological IPA: /hak⁵⁻² ŋin⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kah⁴ reng¹ / qieh⁴ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/

Note: qieh4 reng1 - older pronunciation.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kheh-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qehlaang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheeh-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kheeh-lâng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kheh--lâng
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kêh⁴ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheh nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷khaq-gnin
  - MiniDict: khah^入 nyin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴khaq-nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰaʔ³³ n̠ʲin⁴⁴/

Noun

客人

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.
Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.
customer
traveller; guest (at a hotel, etc.)
travelling merchant or trader; foreign business people
(chiefly Hakka or Min) Hakka (person of Hakka descent)

Synonyms

(guest):

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人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
來賓／来宾 (láibīn)
嘉賓／嘉宾 (jiābīn) (honoured guest)
貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)
賓客／宾客 (bīnkè) (as a collective)

Dialectal synonyms of 客人 (“guest; visitor”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		賓, 客, 人客, 來客, 賓客
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		客人, 來客, 賓客
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	客人, 客
	Taiwan	客人, 客
	Singapore	客人
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	客人, 客
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	客
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	人客, 客
	Wuhan	客, 客人
	Guilin	客人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	客人, 客
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	客
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	人客
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	人客
Cantonese	Guangzhou	人客, 客人, 客
	Hong Kong	人客, 客人, 客
	Taishan	人客
	Taishan (Guanghai)	客人
	Yangjiang	人客
	Wuzhou	客人, 人客
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	客人, 人客
	Hepu (Shatian)	人客
	Baise	客人
	Qinzhou	客人
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	客人
	Beihai	客人
	Beihai (Nankang)	人客
	Beihai (Yingpan)	客人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	客人, 人客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	客人, 人客
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	客人
	Penang (Guangfu)	人客
	Singapore (Guangfu)	人客
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	人客
	Móng Cái	客人, 人客
	Mandalay (Taishan)	人客
Gan	Nanchang	客, 人客
Hakka	Meixian	人客
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	人客
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	人客
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	人客
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	人客
Jin	Taiyuan	客人
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	客人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	人客
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儂客
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	儂客
Southern Min	Xiamen	儂客
	Quanzhou	儂客
	Jinjiang	儂客
	Anxi	儂客
	Zhangzhou	儂客
	Zhangpu	儂客
	Taipei	儂客
	Kaohsiung	儂客
	Penang (Hokkien)	儂客, 客
	Singapore (Hokkien)	儂客
	Manila (Hokkien)	儂客
	Chaozhou	儂客
	Shantou	儂客
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	儂客
	Jieyang	儂客
	Haifeng	儂客
	Bangkok (Teochew)	儂客
	Singapore (Teochew)	儂客
	Pontianak (Teochew)	儂客
Puxian Min	Putian	儂客
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	儂客
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	儂客
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	儂客
	Xianyou	儂客
	Xianyou (Fengting)	儂客
	Xianyou (Youyang)	儂客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	儂客
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	客人
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	客
Wu	Shanghai	人客, 客人
	Suzhou	客人
	Wenzhou	人客, 客
Xiang	Changsha	客, 人客
Xiang	Shuangfeng	客, 人客

(customer):

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主客 (⁵tsy-khaq) (Wu, dated)
主顧／主顾 (zhǔgù)
客仔 (haak³ zai²) (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka)
客戶／客户 (kèhù)
消費者／消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
買客／买客 (Hakka, dated in Wu, Xiamen Hokkien, dated in Wu)
顧客／顾客 (gùkè)

Dialectal synonyms of 顧客 (“customer”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		顧客, 消費者
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	顧客, 買主兒
	Taiwan	客人
	Chengde	顧客, 買主兒, 主顧
	Chifeng	顧客, 買主
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	顧客, 買主
	Heihe	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Qiqihar	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Harbin	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Jiamusi	顧客, 買主
	Baicheng	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Changchun	顧客
	Tonghua	主顧
	Shenyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Jinzhou	顧客, 主顧, 主道, 買主
	Singapore	顧客
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	顧客, 主戶
	Tangshan	顧客, 主顧
	Cangzhou	顧客, 買主兒, 主戶兒
	Baoding	顧客, 主顧
	Shijiazhuang	買主
	Lijin	主戶, 主顧
	Jinan	顧客, 主戶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	顧客
	Dandong	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yantai	主戶, 主顧
	Qingdao	主戶
	Zhucheng	顧客, 主戶兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	買主兒
	Lingbao	買主
	Jining	顧客, 主戶兒
	Wanrong	買主
	Linfen	顧客, 買主
	Shangqiu	顧客, 買主
	Yuanyang	買主, 主顧
	Zhengzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Xinyang	顧客
	Baihe	顧客, 買主
	Xi'an	顧客, 買主, 顧主
	Baoji	顧客, 買主
	Tianshui	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Xining	顧客, 買主
	Xuzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Fuyang	顧客, 主顧
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	顧客, 買主
	Lanzhou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Dunhuang	買主
	Hami	顧客, 買主
	Ürümqi	買主
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	買主
	Nanchong	顧客, 買主
	Dazhou	買主
	Hanyuan	顧客, 買主
	Xichang	顧客, 買主
	Zigong	買主
	Chongqing	買主兒
	Wuhan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yichang	顧客, 買主
	Xiangyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Tianmen	顧客, 買主, 東道
	Guiyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Zunyi	顧客, 主顧
	Bijie	顧客, 買主
	Liping	顧客
	Zhaotong	顧客
	Dali	老主顧
	Kunming	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Mengzi	買主
	Guilin	顧客, 買主
	Pingle	顧客, 客人
	Liuzhou	顧客
	Luzhai	顧客, 客人
	Nanning (Fujian)	顧客
	Nanning (Wuming)	顧客
	Hechi (Yizhou)	顧客, 客崽
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	客人
	Tianlin (Langping)	顧客
	Jishou	顧客
	Changde	顧客
	Hanzhong	顧客, 買主
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	顧客, 買主
	Yangzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Lianyungang	顧客, 主戶
	Lianshui	顧客
	Nantong	顧客, 主顧
	Anqing	顧客, 買主
	Wuhu	顧客, 主顧
	Hefei	顧客
	Hong'an	顧客, 買主, 主顧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	客仔
	Hong Kong	客, 客人, 客仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	客仔
	Macau	客
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	客仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	顧客
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	客仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	客仔
	Foshan	客仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	客仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	顧客
	Foshan (Sanshui)	顧客
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	顧客
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	客
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	客
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	客
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	客仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	客仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	客
	Taishan	客
	Taishan (Guanghai)	客
	Kaiping (Chikan)	客
	Enping (Niujiang)	客
	Heshan (Yayao)	顧客
	Dongguan	顧客, 客仔, 客
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	顧客
	Wuzhou	客人
	Baise	顧客, 客仔
	Qinzhou	顧客
	Beihai	顧客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	人客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	客人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	人客
	Singapore (Guangfu)	客仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	客仔
	Móng Cái	顧客
Gan	Lichuan	主顧
Gan	Pingxiang	顧客, 買主, 顧主
Hakka	Meixian	顧客, 買客
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	人客
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	客仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	客仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	顧客
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	顧客
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	人客
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	人客
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	人客
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	人客
Huizhou	Shexian	顧客, 主顧
Jin	Taiyuan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yangyuan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Datong	顧客, 買主
	Xinzhou	顧客, 買主, 買客
	Lüliang (Lishi)	顧客, 買主
	Changzhi	顧客, 買主
	Linhe	主顧, 買主
	Jining	主顧
	Hohhot	顧客, 買主
	Erenhot	顧客
	Pingshan	買主兒
	Zhangjiakou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Handan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Linzhou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Suide	顧客
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	客人
Southern Min	Xiamen	儂客, 主顧
	Quanzhou	儂客, 主顧
	Zhangzhou	儂客, 主顧
	Tainan	儂客
	Manila (Hokkien)	客儂, 客
	Chaozhou	儂客
	Shantou	儂客
	Jieyang	儂客
	Pontianak (Teochew)	儂客
	Haikou	顧客
Puxian Min	Putian	儂客, 主客
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	客主阿
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	儂客
	Xianyou	買貨阿, 顧客, 儂客, 主客
	Xianyou (Fengting)	顧客
	Xianyou (Youyang)	顧客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	人客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	客
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	顧客, 買主
Wu	Shanghai	顧客, 買客
	Danyang	顧客
	Hangzhou	顧客, 買主
	Ningbo	買主
	Wenzhou	買客, 主顧
	Jinhua	買主
Xiang	Changsha	顧客

(traveller):

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乘客 (chéngkè) (passenger)
出外人 (Hokkien)
出門人／出门人 (Hokkien)
搭客 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
旅人 (lǚrén) (literary)
旅客 (lǚkè)
旅行家 (lǚxíngjiā)
旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě)
旅遊者／旅游者 (lǚyóuzhě)
遊人／游人 (yóurén)
遊客／游客 (yóukè)

(travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
(Hakka):

Dialectal synonyms of 客家人 (“Hakka people”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		客家人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	客家人
	Malaysia	客家人
	Singapore	客家人
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	客家人, 客家, 麻介人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	客家人, 客家佬, 𠊎子佬
	Hong Kong	客家人
	Dongguan	客家
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	客家人
	Singapore (Guangfu)	客家人
Hakka	Meixian	客家人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	客人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	客人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	客人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	客人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	客人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	客人
	Hong Kong	客家人
	Kuching (Hepo)	客人
	Singapore (Dabu)	客人
Southern Min	Xiamen	客儂
	Quanzhou	客儂
	Zhangzhou	客儂
	Tainan	客儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	客儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	客儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	客家儂
	Longyan	客仔
	Chaozhou	客家儂
	Jieyang	客儂
	Haifeng	客儂, 客仔 derogatory, 客婆𠊎 humorous, 客仔鬼 vulgar
	Singapore (Teochew)	客儂
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	𠊎子佬
Wu	Shanghai	客家人

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 (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

Derived terms

客(きゃく)人(じん)島(とう) (kyakujintō)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
客	人

Noun

客人 • (gaegin) (hangeul 객인)

hanja form^? of 객인

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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