Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
客人
kèrén
Description
客人是来你家或者来商店的人。
A 客人 is a person who comes to your home or to a store.
有客人来的时候，我们要热情一点。
When there are 客人, we should be a bit more enthusiastic.
Meanings
客人kèrén
guest; visitor to one's home
今天晚上有客人来我家吃饭。
Guests are coming to my house for dinner tonight.
客人kèrén
customer; patron of a shop or restaurant
这家店的客人很多。
This store has many customers.
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Notes
- Etymology
客 (guest) + 人 (person), literally "guest person".
- Nuance
客人 covers both social guests and shop customers; 顾客 means only customers.
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