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客人
kèrén
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- pinyin
- kèrén
- simplified
- 客人
- traditional
- 客人
1 · noun
Someone visiting another person’s home or attending an event as a guest.
到别人家里或活动中做客的人。
一位客人 is a more courteous counting expression than 一个客人. The customer sense is not covered here.
The guests will arrive at six.
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客人六点到。
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One of the guests does not drink tea.
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有一位客人不喝茶。
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客 + 人. Rén has the second tone and ends in n, not ng.
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guest — A person invited to visit someone or attend an event.