老客

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (老客)		老	客
simp. #(老客)		老	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎokè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ

• Jin (Wiktionary): lau² kah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎokè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎokè
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laokeh
    • Palladius: лаокэ (laokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lau² kah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³ kʰxaʔ²/

Noun

老客

1. (literary) travelling merchant; travelling salesman
2. (literary) merchant; businessperson
3. (Jin) old man that has died

Synonyms

• (travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
• (merchant):

• 商人 (shāngrén)
• 商民 (shāngmín) (formal)
• 生意人 (shēngyirén)
• 生意佬 (saang¹ ji³ lou², “businessman”) (Cantonese)
• 生理人 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 賈人／贾人 (gǔrén) (literary)