客人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kèrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ke² ren²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-ngìn
• Jin (Wiktionary): kah⁴ reng¹ / qieh⁴ reng¹
• 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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kère̊n
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ke² ren²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kerhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛ²¹ zən²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /häːk̚³ 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
    • Sinological IPA: /hak̚² ɲin¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kah⁴ reng¹ / qieh⁴ reng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/

Note: qieh4 reng1 - older pronunciation.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General 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)
    • Sinological 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. (Hakka, Min) Hakka (person of Hakka descent)

Synonyms

• (traveller):

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• 乘客 (chéngkè) (passenger)
• 旅客 (lǚkè)
• 旅行家 (lǚxíngjiā)

• 旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě)
• 旅遊者／旅游者 (lǚyóuzhě)
• 遊客／游客 (yóukè)

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

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• 主客 (Wu, dated)
• 主顧／主顾 (zhǔgù)
• 客仔 (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka)
• 客戶／客户 (kèhù)

• 消費者／消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
• 買客／买客 (Hakka, Min Nan, dated in Wu)
• 顧客／顾客 (gùkè)

• (guest):

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• 人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
• 來賓／来宾 (láibīn)
• 嘉賓／嘉宾 (jiābīn) (honoured guest)

• 貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)
• 賓客／宾客 (bīnkè) (as a collective)

Dialectal synonyms of 客人 (“guest; visitor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		賓, 客, 人客, 來客, 賓客
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		客人, 來客, 賓客
Mandarin	Beijing	客人, 客
	Taiwan	客人, 客
	Jinan	客人, 客
	Xi'an	客
	Wuhan	客, 客人
	Chengdu	人客, 客
	Guilin	客人
	Yangzhou	客人, 客
	Hefei	客
	Changle (Qinjiang)	人客
	Yanping	人客
	Singapore	客人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	人客, 客人, 客
	Hong Kong	人客, 客人, 客
	Taishan	人客
	Yangjiang	人客
Gan	Nanchang	客, 人客
Hakka	Meixian	人客
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	人客
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	人客
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	人客
	Dongshi (Dabu)	人客
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	人客
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	人客
Jin	Taiyuan	客人
Min Bei	Jian'ou	人客
Min Dong	Fuzhou	儂客
Min Nan	Xiamen	儂客
	Quanzhou	儂客
	Zhangzhou	儂客
	Taipei	儂客
	Kaohsiung	儂客
	Penang (Hokkien)	儂客, 客
	Singapore (Hokkien)	儂客
	Manila (Hokkien)	儂客, 客
	Chaozhou	儂客
	Shantou	儂客
	Haifeng	儂客
	Singapore (Teochew)	儂客
Wu	Shanghai	人客, 客人
	Suzhou	客人
	Wenzhou	人客, 客
Xiang	Changsha	客, 人客
	Shuangfeng	客, 人客

• (Hakka):

Dialectal synonyms of 客家人 (“Hakka people”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		客家人
Mandarin	Beijing	客家人
	Taiwan	客家人
	Liuzhou	客家人, 客家, 麻介人
	Malaysia	客家人
	Singapore	客家人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	客家人
	Hong Kong	客家人
	Dongguan	客家
	Kuala Lumpur	客家人
	Singapore	客家人
Hakka	Meixian	客家人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	客人
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	客人
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	客人
	Dongshi (Dabu)	客人
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	客人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	客人
	Hong Kong	客家人
Min Nan	Xiamen	客儂
	Quanzhou	客儂
	Zhangzhou	客儂
	Tainan	客儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	客儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	客儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	客家儂
	Chaozhou	客家儂

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Japanese

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

Noun

客(きゃく)人(じん) • (kyakujin) 

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

See also

• 来客(らいきゃく) (raikyaku)