# 嘉賓
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### "guest"

    Idiomatic, with 嘉 (jiā, “good, admirable, distinguished”) as honorific.

#### "sparrow"

    Rare outside sparse attestations in some historical 類書／类书 (lèishū, “reference books”) and poetic works, chiefly used for humour in the latter.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiābīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^1$ ban$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pîn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pin
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gia$^1$ bing$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiābīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiabin
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^1$-pin$^1$
*** Yale: jyā-bīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiabin
*** Palladius: цзябинь (czjabinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$佳賓／佳宾 嘉賓／嘉宾
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Yale: gā bān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$ ban$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$ ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˊ$ bin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^1$ bin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pin
*** Tâi-lô: ka-pin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ka'pyn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ pin³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pin⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gia$^1$ bing$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia ping
*** Sinological IPA : /kia³³⁻²³ piŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: kae pjin
Rime :
| Character | 嘉 | 賓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 古牙切 | 必鄰切 |
| Baxter | kae | pjin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠa/ | /piɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚa/ | /pin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ka/ | /pjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨ/ | /pin/ |
| Li Rong | /ka/ | /piĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ka/ | /pĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ka/ | /pi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiā | bīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaa$^1$ | ban$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ<r>aj pi[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl mpin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嘉 | 賓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiā | bīn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæ › | ‹ pjin › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁ<r>aj/ | /*pi[n]/ |
| English | excellent | guest |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嘉 | 賓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 5872 | 837 |
| Phonetic component | 加 | 賓 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嘉 | 賔 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraːl/ | /*mpin/ |
| Notes | | 金文不從丏聲 |

### Noun

嘉賓
* (honorific) guest; guest of honour
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Wǒyǒu jiābīn, zhōngxīn xǐzhī. [Pinyin]
    I have here an admirable guest, And with all my heart I rejoice in him.
* (figurative, humorous, now rare) sparrow
    From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE
    Cuī Bào “Gǔjīnzhù” yuē: què, yī míng jiābīn. Yán qīsù rén jiā, zhuàng rú bīnkè yě. [Pinyin]
    Quoting from the Gujinzhu by Cui Bao (c. late 3rd–early 4th century): "the sparrow is alternatively called 'guest of honour' because it lives with humans and feeds off them, like a guest."
    From: c. 8th century, Li Jiao (李嶠), Sparrows (《雀》).
    Dàshà chū chéng rì, jiābīn jí xìng liáng. [Pinyin]
    The marvellous mansion is now complete, and auspicious guests perch upon its beam.

#### Synonyms

* (guest):
* 人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
* 來賓／来宾 (láibīn)
* 客人 (kèrén)
* 貴賓／贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)
* 賓客／宾客 (bīnkè) (as a collective)