人客

Chinese

	man; person; people	customer; visitor; guest
simp. and trad. (人客)	人	客
alternative forms	儂客／侬客 coastal Min
anagram	客人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): rénkè

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ren² ke²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jan⁴ haak³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngin³ hak¹
Gan (Wiktionary): nyin⁴ kah⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngìn-hak

(Hailu, HRS): ngin hag

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngin² hag⁵
Northern Min (KCR): nêng-kă
Eastern Min (BUC): nè̤ng-káh
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² ka⁵ / nang² ke³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâng-kheh / lâng-kheeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ kêh⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin-khaq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhen² ke⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénkè
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: rén-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renkeh
  - Palladius: жэнькэ (žɛnʹkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ren² ke²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rhenke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /zən²¹ kʰɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ haak³
  - Yale: yàhn haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ haːk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngin³ hak¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡin²² hak̚³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyin⁴ kah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲin³⁵ kʰaʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-hak
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ hag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² hag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ hak̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin hag
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin⁵⁵ hak⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngin² hag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ hak̚¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nêng-kă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /neiŋ³³ kʰa²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nè̤ng-káh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøyŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)ŋɑʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ka⁵ [Phonetic: nang⁴ nga⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(kʰ-)ŋa²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ke³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ke³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ kʰe⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ke³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ke³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ kʰe³³²/

Note:

nang2 ka5 - “guest; visitor”;
nang2 ke3 - “passenger; customer”, a borrowing from Hokkien.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langqeq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-kheeh
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-kheeh
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /laŋ²¹³⁻³³ kʰɛʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² kʰɛʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nang⁵ kêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng kheh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnin-khaq
  - MiniDict: nyin^去 khah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-khaq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² kʰaʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhen² ke⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂən¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

Noun

人客

Synonyms

(guest):

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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

(customer):

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主客 (⁵tsy-khaq) (Wu, dated)
主顧／主顾 (zhǔgù)
客人 (kèrén)
客仔 (haak³ zai²) (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka)
客戶／客户 (kèhù)
消費者／消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
買客／买客 (Hakka, dated in Wu, Xiamen Hokkien, dated in Wu)
顧客／顾客 (gùkè)

Dialectal synonyms of 顧客 (“customer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		顧客, 消費者
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	顧客, 買主兒
	Taiwan	客人
	Chengde	顧客, 買主兒, 主顧
	Chifeng	顧客, 買主
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	顧客, 買主
	Heihe	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Qiqihar	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Harbin	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Jiamusi	顧客, 買主
	Baicheng	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Changchun	顧客
	Tonghua	主顧
	Shenyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Jinzhou	顧客, 主顧, 主道, 買主
	Singapore	顧客
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	顧客, 主戶
	Tangshan	顧客, 主顧
	Cangzhou	顧客, 買主兒, 主戶兒
	Baoding	顧客, 主顧
	Shijiazhuang	買主
	Lijin	主戶, 主顧
	Jinan	顧客, 主戶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	顧客
	Dandong	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yantai	主戶, 主顧
	Qingdao	主戶
	Zhucheng	顧客, 主戶兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	買主兒
	Lingbao	買主
	Jining	顧客, 主戶兒
	Wanrong	買主
	Linfen	顧客, 買主
	Shangqiu	顧客, 買主
	Yuanyang	買主, 主顧
	Zhengzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Xinyang	顧客
	Baihe	顧客, 買主
	Xi'an	顧客, 買主, 顧主
	Baoji	顧客, 買主
	Tianshui	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Xining	顧客, 買主
	Xuzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Fuyang	顧客, 主顧
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	顧客, 買主
	Lanzhou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Dunhuang	買主
	Hami	顧客, 買主
	Ürümqi	買主
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	買主
	Nanchong	顧客, 買主
	Dazhou	買主
	Hanyuan	顧客, 買主
	Xichang	顧客, 買主
	Zigong	買主
	Chongqing	買主兒
	Wuhan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yichang	顧客, 買主
	Xiangyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Tianmen	顧客, 買主, 東道
	Guiyang	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Zunyi	顧客, 主顧
	Bijie	顧客, 買主
	Liping	顧客
	Zhaotong	顧客
	Dali	老主顧
	Kunming	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Mengzi	買主
	Guilin	顧客, 買主
	Pingle	顧客, 客人
	Liuzhou	顧客
	Luzhai	顧客, 客人
	Nanning (Fujian)	顧客
	Nanning (Wuming)	顧客
	Hechi (Yizhou)	顧客, 客崽
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	客人
	Tianlin (Langping)	顧客
	Jishou	顧客
	Changde	顧客
	Hanzhong	顧客, 買主
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	顧客, 買主
	Yangzhou	顧客, 主顧
	Lianyungang	顧客, 主戶
	Lianshui	顧客
	Nantong	顧客, 主顧
	Anqing	顧客, 買主
	Wuhu	顧客, 主顧
	Hefei	顧客
	Hong'an	顧客, 買主, 主顧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	客仔
	Hong Kong	客, 客人, 客仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	客仔
	Macau	客
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	客仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	顧客
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	客仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	客仔
	Foshan	客仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	客仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	顧客
	Foshan (Sanshui)	顧客
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	顧客
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	客
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	客
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	客
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	客仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	客仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	客
	Taishan	客
	Taishan (Guanghai)	客
	Kaiping (Chikan)	客
	Enping (Niujiang)	客
	Heshan (Yayao)	顧客
	Dongguan	顧客, 客仔, 客
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	顧客
	Wuzhou	客人
	Baise	顧客, 客仔
	Qinzhou	顧客
	Beihai	顧客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	人客
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	客人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	人客
	Singapore (Guangfu)	客仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	客仔
	Móng Cái	顧客
Gan	Lichuan	主顧
Gan	Pingxiang	顧客, 買主, 顧主
Hakka	Meixian	顧客, 買客
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	人客
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	客仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	客仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	顧客
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	顧客
	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
Huizhou	Shexian	顧客, 主顧
Jin	Taiyuan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Yangyuan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Datong	顧客, 買主
	Xinzhou	顧客, 買主, 買客
	Lüliang (Lishi)	顧客, 買主
	Changzhi	顧客, 買主
	Linhe	主顧, 買主
	Jining	主顧
	Hohhot	顧客, 買主
	Erenhot	顧客
	Pingshan	買主兒
	Zhangjiakou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Handan	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Linzhou	顧客, 買主, 主顧
	Suide	顧客
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	客人
Southern Min	Xiamen	儂客, 主顧
	Quanzhou	儂客, 主顧
	Zhangzhou	儂客, 主顧
	Tainan	儂客
	Manila (Hokkien)	客儂, 客
	Chaozhou	儂客
	Shantou	儂客
	Jieyang	儂客
	Pontianak (Teochew)	儂客
	Haikou	顧客
Puxian Min	Putian	儂客, 主客
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	客主阿
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	儂客
	Xianyou	買貨阿, 顧客, 儂客, 主客
	Xianyou (Fengting)	顧客
	Xianyou (Youyang)	顧客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	人客
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	客
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	顧客, 買主
Wu	Shanghai	顧客, 買客
	Danyang	顧客
	Hangzhou	顧客, 買主
	Ningbo	買主
	Wenzhou	買客, 主顧
	Jinhua	買主
Xiang	Changsha	顧客

Derived terms

請人客／请人客 (chhiáⁿ-lâng-kheh) (Min Nan)

References

“Entry #119”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “人客”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 393.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “人客”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 395.