客官

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (客官)		客	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ gun¹
• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ke⁷ gua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèguan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: kè-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehguan
    • Palladius: кэгуань (kɛguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ gun¹
    • Yale: haak gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ke⁷ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɛ⁵⁵ kua³⁵/

Noun

客官

1. A respectful form of address to the customer or guest, especially during the Early Modern Chinese period: sir; madam
2. (Leizhou Min, dated, specifically) brothel patron

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖客 (“brothel patron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫖客
Mandarin	Taiwan	嫖客
	Luoyang	嫖客
	Xi'an	嫖客
	Yinchuan	嫖客
	Xining	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