客 (haak3 | ke4) : guest; visitor; customer; passenger

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客

haak3

ke4

[1] [n] guest; visitor | [antonym] 主
[2] [n] customer; passenger; traveller
[3] [n] stranger; non-native; foreigner
[4] [n] person engaged in some particular pursuit
[5] [classifier] [國] helping; portion

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

客

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th May 2015 02:53

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留客 lau4 haak3 liu2 ke4 = to ask a guest to stay; to detain a guest

客氣 haak3 hei3 ke4 qi4 = polite; politeness

作客 zok3 haak3 zuo4 ke4 = sojourn; visit a relative or friend

熟客 suk6 haak3 shu2 ke4 = regular customer

住客 zyu6 haak3 zhu4 ke4 = tenant, resident; (hotel) guest

客車 haak3 ce1 ke4 che1 = coach; bus; passenger train

客仔 haak3 zai2 ke4 zai3 = customer; client 粵

不客氣 bat1 haak3 hei3 bu2 ke4 qi4 = no need to be so polite; don't mention it 國

唔使客氣 m4 sai2 haak3 hei3 = no need to be so polite; don't mention it 粵

人客 jan4 haak3 = a guest; guests 粵
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Showing all 6 examples containing 客

佢哋係遊客粵
They're tourists.

對待顧客要有禮貌
be polite to customers

向客戶核實身份
Verify status with the customer

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

便心啫，唔使客氣粵
It's nothing much, there's no need to stand on ceremony.

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 客
Unicode code for this character: U+5ba2 (off-site link)

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