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

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): кижын (kiřɨn, 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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kère̊n
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)
    • Sinological 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
    • 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 zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/
• 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): 旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě), 遊客／游客 (yóukè), 旅客 (lǚkè)
• (travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
• (customer): 顧客／顾客 (gùkè), 主顧／主顾 (zhǔgù); (Cantonese, Hakka) 客仔; (Min Nan) 買客／买客
• (guest): 貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn), 嘉賓／嘉宾 (jiābīn), 來賓／来宾 (láibīn)

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
	Yangzhou	客人, 客
	Hefei	客
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	人客
Min Nan	Xiamen	人客
	Quanzhou	人客
	Zhangzhou	人客
	Taipei	人客
	Kaohsiung	人客
	Penang	人客, 客
	Philippines (Manila)	人客, 客
	Chaozhou	人客
	Shantou	人客
	Haifeng	人客
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
Cantonese	Hong Kong	客家人
	Dongguan	客家
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
	Taipei	客儂
	Kaohsiung	客儂
	Penang	客儂
	Chaozhou	客囝

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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)