客 kè

1. kè noun guest; visitor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '客' n 1; Unihan '客')
2. kè measure word portion
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used for portions of food and drink (Guoyu '客' n 7)
3. kè noun a customer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 百货中百客 'many goods [suitable] for many different customers' (Suyu. p. 23; Guoyu '客' n 2; Unihan '客')
4. kè noun a worker
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A general term for someone engaged in an activity (Guoyu '客' n 3)
5. kè noun a servant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '客' n 4)
6. kè noun a guide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of a person who guides on travel (Guoyu '客' n 5)
7. kè noun a person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A general term for a person (Guoyu '客' n 6)
8. kè proper noun Ke
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '客' n 8)
9. kè verb to stay; to lodge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 寄居、旅居 (Guoyu '客' v 1)
10. kè verb to host a guest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '客' v 2)
11. kè adjective secondary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 次要 (Guoyu '客' adj 1)
12. kè adjective not known to exist
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '客' adj 2)

Contained in

• 嘉客 honored guest
• 客套 polite greeting; civilities; to exchange pleasantries
• 游客止步 visitors are not admitted
• 追客 avid fan who anxiously awaits new content
• 客妻 prostitute
• 客次 temporary lodging
• 江湖客 travelling merchant
• 水客 smuggler
• 拉客 to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
• 反客为主(反客為主) the guest acts as host; to turn from passive to active behavior
• 政客 politician
• 住客 hotel guest; tenant
• 皮条客(皮條客) pimp
• 作客 to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with somebody as a guest; to sojourn
• 钓客(釣客) angler; phisher (Internet slang)
• 观客(觀客) audience
• 稀客 infrequent visitor
• 剑客(劍客) fencer
• 博客话剧(博客話劇) blog drama (netspeak)
• 黑客帝国(黑客帝國) The Matrix
• 客死 to die in a foreign land; to die abroad
• 理中客 rational, neutral, objective
• 老客儿(老客兒) regular customer
• 吊客(弔客) a visitor offering condolences
• 客制化(客製化) customization
• 客户服务(客戶服務) customer service; client service
• 刺客 assassin; murderer
• 严客(嚴客) an important visitor
• 送客 to see a visitor out
• 旅客 traveler; tourist
• 闇门谢客(闇門謝客) to close the door to visitors
• 客家 Hakka people; Kejia people
• 客串 to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; to assume a role outside one's usual duties
• 太客气了(太客氣了) too polite
• 客官 (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
• 请客(請客) to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
• 宾客(賓客) a visitor; a guest
• 做客 to be a guest or visitor ; to lodge away from home
• 观光客(觀光客) tourist
• 客人 guest
• 逐客令 the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners; notice to leave
• 客观世界(客觀世界) the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
• 成了客 to act like a visitor
• 车客(車客) rickshaw driver
• 正客 main guest

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 81
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 81
• 卷四十九 志第二 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 60
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 36
• 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 33
• 卷三百〇五 列傳第一百九十三 宦官二 李芳 馮保 張鯨 陳增 梁永 陳矩 王安 魏忠賢 王體乾 崔文昇 張彝憲 高起潛 王承恩 方正化 Volume 305 Biographies 193: Officials 2 - Li Fang, Feng Bao, Zhang Jing, Chen Zeng, Liang Yong, Chen Ju, Wang An, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tigan, Cui Wensheng, Zhang Yixian, Gao Qiqian, Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷九十二 列傳第四十二: 魏元忠 韋安石 蕭至忠 宗楚客 紀處訥 Volume 92 Biographies 42: Wei Yuanzhong, Wei Anshi, Ziao Zhizhong, Zong Chuke, Ji Chune Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 30
• 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 29
• 《孟嘗君列傳》 Biography of Lord Mengchang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 26
• 卷一百〇三 列傳第五十三: 郭虔瓘 張嵩 郭知運 王君 張守珪 牛仙客 王忠嗣 Volume 103 Biographies 53: Guo Qianguan, Zhang Song, Guo Zhiyun, Wang Jun, Zhang Shougui, Niu Xianke, Wang Zhongsi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 24

Collocations

• 大客 (大客) 有大客后至 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 3
• 客曰 (客曰) 子產不待而對客曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 国客 (國客) 諸公之臣相為國客 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 3
• 客辟 (客辟) 客辟 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 3
• 客礼 (客禮) 天子無客禮 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 3
• 客对曰 (客對曰) 客對曰 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 3
• 客穴 (客穴) 若集客穴 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 3
• 客祭 (客祭) 主人延客祭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
• 上客 (上客) 使舉上客 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 客币 (客幣) 辭客幣而報其使 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2