食客

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (食客)		食	客
simp. #(食客)		食	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ haak³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-kheh / si̍t-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhkè
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrkeh
    • Palladius: шикэ (šikɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ haak³
    • Yale: sihk haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² haːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqqeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰeʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-khek
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidqeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰiɪk̚³²/

Note:

• chia̍h-kheh - vernacular;
• si̍t-khek - literary.

Noun

食客

1. guest or customer (in a restaurant); diner
2. (archaic) retainer (in an aristocratic household)

Synonyms

• (retainer): 賓客／宾客 (bīnkè), 門客／门客 (ménkè)