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食客

食客

Chinese

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

Noun

食客

guest or customer (in a restaurant); diner
(archaic) retainer (in an aristocratic household) (for more information, see Retainers in early China)

Synonyms

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shíkè

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ haak³
Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-kheh / si̍t-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shíkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrkeh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    時刻／时刻
    石刻
    蝕刻／蚀刻
    食客
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ haak³
  - Yale: sihk haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ haak⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² hɑːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kheh / si̍t-khek
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kheh / si̍t-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqqeq, sidqeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰeʔ³²/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ⁵/, /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰeʔ³²/, /ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰeʔ³²/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² kʰiɪk̚³²/