# 賓客
## Chinese

* 賓客 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Retainers in early China (social group) (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bīnkè
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄎㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$ haak$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng-káik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pin-kheh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): biang$^1$ kêh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bīnkè
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄎㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: binkè
*** Wade–Giles: pin$^1$-kʻo$^4$
*** Yale: bīn-kè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binkeh
*** Palladius: бинькэ (binʹkɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pin⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$ haak$^3$
*** Yale: bān haak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$ haak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$ hag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵ haːk̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng-káik
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(kʰ-)}$ŋaiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-kheh
*** Tâi-lô: pin-kheh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pinqeq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: biang$^1$ kêh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piang kheh
*** Sinological IPA : /piaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰeʔ²/

### Noun

賓客
* guests; visitors
    禮待賓客／礼待宾客 ― lǐdài bīnkè ― to treat guests with courtesy
    From: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 《偶作寄朗之》 (A Casually-Written Poem Sent to Langzhi)
    Huānyú jiē bīnkè, bǎonuǎn jí qī'ér. [Pinyin]
    I entertained guests with pleasure, / And was able to feed and clothe my family.
* (archaic) retainer (in an aristocratic household)

#### Synonyms

* (guest):
* 人客 (rénkè) (literary or dialectal)
* 來賓 / 来宾 (láibīn)
* 嘉賓 / 嘉宾 (jiābīn) (honoured guest)
* 客人 (kèrén)
* 貴賓 / 贵宾 (guìbīn) (honoured guest)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 賓, 客, 人客, 來客, 賓客 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 客人, 來客, 賓客 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 客人, 客 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 客人, 客 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 客人 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 客人, 客 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 客 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 人客, 客 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 客, 客人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 客人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 客人, 客 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 客 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 人客 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 人客, 客人, 客 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 人客, 客人, 客 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 客人, 人客 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 客人, 人客 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 客人, 人客 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 客人, 人客 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 客人 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 人客 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 客人, 人客 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 人客 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 客, 人客 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 人客 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 人客 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 人客 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 人客 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 人客 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 人客 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 人客 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 客人 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 客人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 人客 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 儂客 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 儂客, 客 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 儂客 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 儂客 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 儂客 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 儂客 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 客人 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 客 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 人客, 客人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 客人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 人客, 客 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 客, 人客 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 客, 人客 |
* (retainer): 門客／门客 (ménkè), 食客 (shíkè)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: tân khách (賓客)