客人

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (客人)		客	人
variant forms		客儂／客侬 Min Nan
anagram		人客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kèrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): кижын (I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-ngìn
• Jin (Wiktionary): kah⁴ zeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kheh-lâng / kheeh-lâng
• Wu (Wiktionary): khaq nyin (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kèrén → kèren (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.ren
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: кижын (I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiː²⁴ ʐə̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: haak³ jan⁴
    • Yale: haak yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 嚇人／吓人 客人

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ ngin²
    • IPA: /hak̚² ɲin¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kah⁴ zeng¹
    • IPA (old-style): /kʰxaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kheh-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehlaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheeh-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kheeh-lâng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khaq nyin (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̱ʔ³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

客人

1. traveller
2. travelling merchant
3. customer
4. 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.

5. (Min, Hakka) Hakka (person of Hakka descent)

Synonyms

• (traveller): 旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě), 遊客／游客 (yóukè), 旅客 (lǚkè)
• (travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
• (customer): 顧客／顾客 (gùkè)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
客	人
きゃく Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

客人 (hiragana きゃくじん, rōmaji kyakujin)

1. caller
2. visitor
3. guest
4. company

See also

• 来客 (らいきゃく) (raikyaku)