客官
Chinese
| customer; visitor; guest | official; government; organ of body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (客官) |
客 | 官 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haak3 gun1
- Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ke7 gua1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kèguān
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kèguan
- Wade–Giles: kʻo4-kuan1
- Yale: kè-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehguan
- Palladius: кэгуань (kɛguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haak3 gun1
- Yale: haak gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: haak8 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: hag3 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːk̚³ kuːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: ke7 gua1
- Sinological IPA: /kʰɛ⁵⁵ kua³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
Noun
客官
- A respectful form of address to the customer or guest, especially during the Early Modern Chinese period: sir; madam
- (Leizhou Min, dated, specifically) brothel patron
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 嫖客 (“brothel patron”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫖客 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫖客 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嫖客 |
| Xi'an | 嫖客 | |
| Xining | 嫖客 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嫖客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫖友, 老舉湯圓 |
| Hong Kong | 嫖客, 老契 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 嫖客 |
| Pingxiang | 嫖客 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嫖腳 |
| Xingning | 嫖客 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 嫖腳 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 嫖客 | |
| Changting | 嫖客 | |
| Wuping | 嫖客 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 嫖客 | |
| Liancheng | 嫖客 | |
| Ninghua | 嫖客 | |
| Ruijin | 嫖客 | |
| Shicheng | 嫖客 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫖客 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 嫖客 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 客官 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嫖客, 嫖騇公 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嫖客 |
| Danyang | 嫖客 | |
| Hangzhou | 嫖客 | |