The word according to the dictionary

See also: 消费者

Chinese

		to consume; to spend money; to make purchases to consume; to spend money; to make purchases; to shop	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (消費者)		消費	者
simp. (消费者)		消费	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāofèizhě

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ fai³ ze²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siau-hùi-chiá

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ hui³ zia²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāofèizhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siaofèijhě
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-fei⁴-chê³
  - Yale: syāu-fèi-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaufeyjee
  - Palladius: сяофэйчжэ (sjaofɛjčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ fai³ ze²
  - Yale: sīu fai jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ fai³ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ fei³ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hùi-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: siau-huì-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siau'huieciar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sia⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao¹ hui³ zia²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau hùi tsiá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³⁻²³ hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sia⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

消費者

consumer
消費者協會／消费者协会 ― xiāofèizhě xiéhuì ― consumers' association
customer; client

Synonyms

(customer)

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主客 (⁵tsy-khaq) (Wu, dated)
主顧 / 主顾 (zhǔgù)
客人 (kèrén)
客仔 (haak³ zai²) (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka)
客戶 / 客户 (kèhù)
買客 / 买客 (Hakka, 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, 肚囝 dated
	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

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	費	者
しょう Grade: 3	ひ Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
消費者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

消費 (shōhi, “consumption”) +‎ 者 (-sha, “-er”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーひしゃ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

消(しょう)費(ひ)者(しゃ) • (shōhisha) ^{←せうひしや (seufisya)^?}

consumer

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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