客
kè
Pinyin

Definition

客
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kè
  1. customer
  2. visitor
  3. guest

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

额
é
  1. 1 variant: 额 é
额
é
  1. 1 forehead
  2. 2 horizontal tablet or inscribed board
  3. 3 specified number or amount
喀
kā
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
髂
qià
  1. 1 ilium
  2. 2 outermost bone of the pelvic girdle
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [kà]
额
é
  1. 1 forehead
  2. 2 horizontal tablet or inscribed board
  3. 3 specified number or amount

Related Words (20)

客户
kè hù
  1. 1 client
  2. 2 customer
客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
乘客
chéng kè
  1. 1 passenger
侠客
xiá kè
  1. 1 chivalrous person
  2. 2 knight-errant

Idioms (6)

反客为主
fǎn kè wéi zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
  1. 1 sb of literary abilities (idiom)
宾客盈门
bīn kè yíng mén
  1. 1 guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

Sample Sentences

别客气！做生意不重要，做朋友才实在，对吧？
bié kèqi ！zuòshēngyi bù zhòngyào ，zuò péngyou cái shízài ，duì ba ？
It's ok! Doing business is not important as making friends. Right?
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服务员给客人倒茶。
fúwùyuán gěi kèrén dào chá 。
The waiter is pouring tea for the guests.
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客服部；资讯部；公关部；人事部；财务部
kèfúbù ；zīxùnbù ；gōngguānbù ；rénshìbù ；cáiwùbù
Departments: Department of Customer Service; IT Department; Public Relations; Human Resources; Finance Department
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我敬中文播客的全体同仁。
wǒ jìng Zhōngwénbōkè de quántǐ tóngrén 。
Cheers to fellow ChinesePod team.
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不用客气。谢谢您赏光。
bùyòng kèqi 。xièxie nín shǎngguāng 。
You're welcome. Thank you for honoring us with your presence.
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今天我请客。
jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè 。
I'll take care of the bill today.
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乐广在家中思来想去、东翻西找，最后在客厅一抬头便看见墙上挂了一只弓，弯弯曲曲地像条蛇似的。脑中突然灵光一闪，心想：该不会和这只弓有关吧？于是乐广发挥了科学办案的精神，决定来个案情重组。
YuèGuǎng zài jiā zhōng sīláixiǎngqù 、dōngfānxīzhǎo ，zuìhòu zài kètīng yī táitóu biàn kànjiàn qiáng shàng guà le yī zhī gōng ，wānwānqūqū de xiàng tiáo shé shìde 。nǎozhōng tūrán língguāngyìshǎn ，xīnxiǎng ：gāi bùhuì hé zhè zhī gōng yǒuguān ba ？yúshì YuèGuǎng fāhuī le kēxué bànàn de jīngshén ，juédìng lái ge ànqíng chóngzǔ 。
Yue Guang racked his brain and searched everywhere at his place. Finally, he looked up in the living room and saw a bow hanging on the wall. The bow looks twisted like a snake. A light bulb went on in his brain, "Could the bow has something to do with this?" He thought. Then he decided to reorganise the case with the spirit of tackling this case using science.
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背包客
bēibāokè
backpacker
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中文播客，您好。
Zhōngwén bōkè ，nínhǎo 。
Hello, this is ChinesePod.
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免贵姓王，不用客气。叫我王小姐就好了。
miǎn guìxìng Wáng ，bùyòng kèqi 。jiào wǒ Wáng xiǎojie jiù hǎo le 。
No need to honor my surname. Simply call me by Ms. Wang.
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