來客

See also: 来客

Chinese

		to come	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (來客)		來	客
simp. (来客)		来	客

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láikè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ haak³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-kheh / lâi-kheeh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láikè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láikè
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: lái-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laikeh
  - Palladius: лайкэ (lajkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ haak³
  - Yale: lòih haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ haːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-kheeh
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-kheeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² kʰɛʔ³²/

Noun

來客

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Synonyms

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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)
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
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
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	客
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	人客
Mandarin	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
Eastern Min	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	Putian	儂客
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	儂客
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	儂客
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	儂客
	Xianyou	儂客
	Xianyou (Fengting)	儂客
	Xianyou (Youyang)	儂客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	客, 人客