客串

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	to string together; to mix up; to conspire to string together; to mix up; to conspire; to connect; (a measure word); string
simp. and trad. (客串)		客	串

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèchuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ cyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheh-chhoàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèchuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèchuàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻuan⁴
    • Yale: kè-chwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehchuann
    • Palladius: кэчуань (kɛčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ cyun³
    • Yale: haak chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-chhoàn
    • Tâi-lô: kheh-tshuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehzhoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan²¹/

Verb

客串

1. (of a professional) to give a guest performance; (of an amateur) to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; to cameo
2. (figurative) to substitute for (another person); to assume a role outside of one's usual duties