Vietnamese

Noun

khách ‎(客)

1. visitor, guest
2. customer

   Cửa hàng đông khách.

   The restaurant was crowded.

3. passenger

   khách đi tàu

   passengers of a ship

4. (dated) celebrity
5. (dated, informal) Sino-Vietnamese (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)

   Chú ăn ở một hiệu khách.

   He ate at a Chinese restaurant.

Derived terms

• du khách
• khách sạn
• nhà khách

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia, after the bird's call "khách khách".

Noun

(classifier con) khách

1. (onomatopoeia) treepie

Synonyms

• (treepie): chim khách, chim khách hung

References

• "khách" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)