嫖客

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Chinese

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visit a prostitute customer; visitor; guest
trad. (嫖客)
simp. #(嫖客)

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Noun

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嫖客

  1. man who sees prostitutes; client of sex workers; brothel patron; john

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひょう
Hyōgai
かく
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
飄客

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ço̞ːkʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

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(ひょう)(かく) or 嫖客(ひょうきゃく) (hyōkaku or hyōkyaku

  1. a customer of prostitutes; habitue of a red-light district
    • 2016, Handō Kazutoshi, Nichi-Ro senso shi [Russo-Japanese War history], page 11:
      (でん)(しゃ)(いち)()(はん)までやるとなっては(だれ)(たか)(かね)()して(じん)(りき)(しゃ)()(もの)があろうか。()(はや)(やま)()()きの(きゃく)か。もしくは(よし)(わら)()(さき)(うか)()(ひょう)(きゃく)をつかまえるより(ほか)はない。
      Densha ga ichijihan made yaru tonatte wa dare ga takai kane o dashite jinrikisha o toru mono ga arō ka. Mazu hayai yamanote iki no kyaku ka. Moshikuha Yoshiwara Susaki e ukarekomu hyōkyaku o tsukamaeru yori hoka wa nai.
      Is there anyone who would pay the cost of a rickshaw when the train runs until half past one? And if it gets passengers to Yamanote sooner? Rather, no one outside the punters frequenting festive the Yoshiwara or Susaki's brothel.