賓客

See also: 宾客

Chinese

		visitor; guest	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (賓客)		賓	客
simp. (宾客)		宾	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ haak³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng-káik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pin-kheh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang¹ kêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binkè
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: bīn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binkeh
    • Palladius: бинькэ (binʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ haak³
    • Yale: bān haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ haːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng-káik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(kʰ-)ŋaiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: pin-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinqeq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang¹ kêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piang kheh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰeʔ²/

Note: Jieyang.

Noun

賓客

1. guests; visitors

   禮待賓客／礼待宾客  ―  lǐdài bīnkè  ―  to treat guests with courtesy

   • 歡娛接賓客，飽暖及妻兒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     欢娱接宾客，饱暖及妻儿。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 《偶作寄朗之》 (A Casually-Written Poem Sent to Langzhi)

     Huānyú jiē bīnkè, bǎonuǎn jí qī'ér. [Pinyin]

     I entertained guests with pleasure, / And was able to feed and clothe my family.

2. (archaic) retainer (in an aristocratic household)

Synonyms

• (guest):

• 人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
• 來賓／来宾 (láibīn)
• 嘉賓／嘉宾 (jiābīn) (honoured guest)
• 客人 (kèrén)
• 貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)

 

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	客人, 客
	Taiwan	客人, 客
	Singapore	客人
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	客人, 客
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	客
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	人客, 客
	Wuhan	客, 客人
	Guilin	客人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	客人, 客
	Hefei	客
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	人客
	Nanping (Yanping)	人客
Cantonese	Guangzhou	人客, 客人, 客
	Hong Kong	人客, 客人, 客
	Taishan	人客
	Taishan (Guanghai)	客人
	Yangjiang	人客
	Wuzhou	客人, 人客
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	客人, 人客
	Hepu (Shatian)	人客
	Baise	客人
	Qinzhou	客人
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	客人
	Beihai	客人
	Beihai (Nankang)	人客
	Beihai (Yingpan)	客人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	客人, 人客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	客人, 人客
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	客人
	Penang (Guangfu)	人客
	Singapore (Guangfu)	人客
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	人客
	Móng Cái	客人, 人客
	Mandalay (Taishan)	人客
Gan	Nanchang	客, 人客
Hakka	Meixian	人客
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	人客
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	人客
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	人客
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	人客
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	人客
Jin	Taiyuan	客人
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	客人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	人客
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儂客
	Singapore (Fuqing)	儂客
Southern Min	Xiamen	儂客
	Quanzhou	儂客
	Jinjiang	儂客
	Anxi	儂客
	Zhangzhou	儂客
	Zhangpu	儂客
	Taipei	儂客
	Kaohsiung	儂客
	Penang (Hokkien)	儂客, 客
	Singapore (Hokkien)	儂客
	Manila (Hokkien)	儂客
	Chaozhou	儂客
	Shantou	儂客
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	儂客
	Jieyang	儂客
	Haifeng	儂客
	Bangkok (Teochew)	儂客
	Singapore (Teochew)	儂客
	Pontianak (Teochew)	儂客
Puxian Min	Xianyou	儂客
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	儂客
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	客人
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	客
Wu	Shanghai	人客, 客人
	Suzhou	客人
	Wenzhou	人客, 客
Xiang	Changsha	客, 人客
	Shuangfeng	客, 人客

• (retainer): 門客／门客 (ménkè), 食客 (shíkè)