嘉賓

See also: 嘉宾

Chinese

		excellent	visitor; guest
trad. (嘉賓)		嘉	賓
simp. (嘉宾)		嘉	宾

Etymology

"guest"

Idiomatic, with 嘉 (jiā, “good, admirable, distinguished”) as honorific.

"sparrow"

Rare outside sparse attestations in some historical 類書／类书 (lèishū, “reference books”) and poetic works, chiefly used for humour in the latter.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiābīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ ban¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pîn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ bing¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiābīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiabin
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-pin¹
    • Yale: jyā-bīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiabin
    • Palladius: цзябинь (czjabinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 佳賓 / 佳宾 嘉賓 / 嘉宾

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ ban¹
    • Yale: gā bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pin
    • Tâi-lô: ka-pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ pin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ bing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia ping
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ piŋ³³/

---

• Middle Chinese: kae pjin

Rime
Character	嘉	賓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古牙切	必鄰切
Baxter	kae	pjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/piɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/pin/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/pjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/pin/
Li Rong	/ka/	/piĕn/
Wang Li	/ka/	/pĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	bīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	ban1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ<r>aj  pi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl  mpin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘉	賓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiā	bīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kæ ›	‹ pjin ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁ<r>aj/	/*pi[n]/
English	excellent	guest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘉	賓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5872	837
Phonetic component	加	賓
Rime group	歌	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	嘉	賔
Old Chinese	/*kraːl/	/*mpin/
Notes		金文不從丏聲

Noun

嘉賓

1. (honorific) guest; guest of honour

   • 我有嘉賓，中心喜之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我有嘉宾，中心喜之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒyǒu jiābīn, zhōngxīn xǐzhī. [Pinyin]

     I have here an admirable guest,
     And with all my heart I rejoice in him.

2. (figurative, humorous, now rare) sparrow

   • 崔豹《古今注》曰：雀，一名嘉賓。言棲宿人家，狀如賓客也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     崔豹《古今注》曰：雀，一名嘉宾。言栖宿人家，状如宾客也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

     Cuī Bào “Gǔjīnzhù” yuē: què, yī míng jiābīn. Yán qīsù rén jiā, zhuàng rú bīnkè yě. [Pinyin]

     Quoting from the Gujinzhu by Cui Bao (c. late 3rd–early 4th century): "the sparrow is alternatively called 'guest of honour' because it lives with humans and feeds off them, like a guest."

   • 大廈初成日，嘉賓集杏梁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大厦初成日，嘉宾集杏梁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 8th century, Li Jiao (李嶠), Sparrows (《雀》).

     Dàshà chū chéng rì, jiābīn jí xìng liáng. [Pinyin]

     The marvellous mansion is now complete,
     and auspicious guests perch upon its beam.

Synonyms

• (guest):

edit

• 人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
• 來賓 / 来宾 (láibīn)
• 客人 (kèrén)
• 貴賓 / 贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)
• 賓客 / 宾客 (bīnkè) (as a collective)