賓

See also: 宾

賓 U+8CD3, 賓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CD3 ← 賒 [U+8CD2] CJK Unified Ideographs 賔 → [U+8CD4]

賓 U+FA64, 賓 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA64 ← 謹 [U+FA63] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 贈 → [U+FA65]

Translingual

Han character

賓 (radical 154, 貝+7 in Chinese and Korean, 貝+8 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十一竹金 (JMHC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱⿳宀一𣥂貝(GHTKV) or ⿱⿳宀一少貝(J))

Derived characters

• 嬪 檳

References

• KangXi: page 1208, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3643, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8CD3

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Chinese

trad.		賓
simp.		宾
alternative forms		賔 𧶉 ancient 𧶎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賓
Shang
Oracle bone script

Characters in the same phonetic series (賓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蠙	*biːn, *bin
賓	*mpin
檳	*pin
鑌	*pin
濱	*pin
顮	*pin
儐	*pin, *pins
矉	*pin
擯	*pins
殯	*pins
鬢	*pins
繽	*pʰin
嬪	*bin
薲	*bin
獱	*bin
臏	*binʔ
髕	*binʔ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mpin): phonetic 𡧍 + semantic 貝.

Etymology

From n-nominalization of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pi (“to give”). Cognate with 嬪 (OC *bin, “to become a bride”), which is an endopassive of 賓 (OC *mpin, “lit, "to be received like a guest"”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīn (bin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bin¹

• Min Dong (BUC): bĭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): pin (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: pin1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
    • Tâi-lô: pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pin (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪɲ⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mpin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bīn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjin ›
Old Chinese	/*pi[n]/
English	guest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賓
Reading #	1/1
No.	837
Phonetic component	賓
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賔
Old Chinese	/*mpin/
Notes	金文不從丏聲

Definitions

賓

1. visitor; guest
2. (grammar) object
3. (Cantonese, anatomy) Short for 賓舟／宾舟 (“penis”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 賓

• 上賓／上宾 (shàngbīn)
• 九賓／九宾
• 來賓／来宾 (láibīn)
• 倒屣迎賓／倒屣迎宾
• 儀賓／仪宾
• 入幕之賓／入幕之宾
• 內賓／内宾 (nèibīn)
• 卡賓槍／卡宾枪 (kǎbīnqiāng)
• 反賓為主／反宾为主
• 喧賓奪主／喧宾夺主 (xuānbīnduózhǔ)
• 嘉賓／嘉宾 (jiābīn)
• 國賓／国宾 (guóbīn)
• 外賓／外宾 (wàibīn)
• 大宴賓客／大宴宾客
• 大賓／大宾
• 宜賓／宜宾 (Yíbīn)
• 寅賓／寅宾
• 幕賓／幕宾
• 延賓／延宾
• 截髮留賓／截发留宾
• 沙賓疫苗／沙宾疫苗
• 特別來賓／特别来宾
• 相待如賓／相待如宾
• 相敬如賓／相敬如宾
• 罽賓／罽宾 (Jìbīn)
• 羅賓漢／罗宾汉 (Luóbīn Hàn)
• 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn)
• 蕤賓／蕤宾
• 蕤賓佳節／蕤宾佳节

• 西賓／西宾
• 貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn)
• 貴賓卡／贵宾卡
• 賓主／宾主 (bīnzhǔ)
• 賓主盡歡／宾主尽欢
• 賓主禮／宾主礼
• 賓之初筵／宾之初筵
• 賓享／宾享
• 賓位／宾位
• 賓友／宾友
• 賓器／宾器
• 賓士／宾士
• 賓夕凡尼亞／宾夕凡尼亚 (Bīnxīfánníyà)
• 賓夕法尼亞／宾夕法尼亚 (Bīnxīfǎníyà)
• 賓天／宾天 (bīntiān)
• 賓宇／宾宇
• 賓客／宾客 (bīnkè)
• 賓客填門／宾客填门
• 賓客如雲／宾客如云
• 賓客盈庭／宾客盈庭
• 賓客盈門／宾客盈门
• 賓實／宾实
• 賓州／宾州 (Bīnzhōu)
• 賓師／宾师
• 賓待／宾待
• 賓從／宾从
• 賓旅／宾旅
• 賓朋／宾朋 (bīnpéng)

• 賓朋滿座／宾朋满座
• 賓服／宾服
• 賓東／宾东
• 賓果／宾果 (bīnguǒ)
• 賓次／宾次
• 賓漢／宾汉
• 賓白／宾白
• 賓禮／宾礼
• 賓至如歸／宾至如归 (bīnzhìrúguī)
• 賓興／宾兴
• 賓舟／宾舟
• 賓萌／宾萌
• 賓詞／宾词
• 賓語／宾语 (bīnyǔ)
• 賓貢／宾贡
• 賓賓／宾宾
• 賓郎／宾郎 (bīnláng)
• 賓鐵／宾铁
• 賓陽／宾阳 (Bīnyáng)
• 賓館／宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
• 賓鴻／宾鸿
• 迎賓／迎宾 (yíngbīn)
• 遲賓之館／迟宾之馆
• 鄭驛留賓／郑驿留宾
• 酬賓／酬宾 (chóubīn)
• 門不停賓／门不停宾
• 門無雜賓／门无杂宾
• 館賓／馆宾

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Japanese

Shinjitai	賓
Kyūjitai	賓

Kanji

賓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Guest, V.I.P.

Readings

• Go-on: ひん (hin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひん (hin, Jōyō)
• Kun: まろうど (marōdo, 賓); したがう (shitagau, 賓う)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 賓 (MC piɪn). Recorded as Middle Korean 賔/비ᇰ (Yale: ping) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pin]
• Phonetic hangul: [빈]

Hanja

Wikisource

賓 (eumhun 손 빈 (son bin))

1. Hanja form^? of 빈 (“guest”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 빈객 (賓客, bingaek)
• 국빈 (國賓, gukbin)
• 귀빈 (貴賓, gwibin)
• 영빈 (迎賓, yeongbin)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

賓: Hán Nôm readings: tân

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