客人

Chinese

	customer; visitor; guest	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (客人)	客	人
variant 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)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèrén → kèren (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.ren
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: кижын (kiřɨn, I-I)
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /häːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    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
  - IPA: /hak̚² ɲin¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kah⁴ zeng¹
  - IPA (old-style): /kʰxaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream 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)
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̱ʔ³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

客人

traveller
travelling merchant
customer
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.
(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)

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
	Chaozhou	人客
Wu	Shanghai	人客, 客人
	Suzhou	客人
	Wenzhou	人客, 客
Xiang	Changsha	客, 人客
Xiang	Shuangfeng	客, 人客

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
Cantonese	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

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)

客人

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Japanese

Noun

See also