Writing
客人 (kèrén) — how to say "guest" in Chinese
客人
Guest
noun
Character composition
客
guest
人
person
Radicals / Keys
宀
Roof
#40 · mián · 3 strokes
人
Man
#9 · rén · 2 strokes
Collocations
一位客人
yí wèi kèrén
one guest
客人来
kèrén lái
guest comes
请客人
qǐng kèrén
invite guests
Examples
今天有重要的客人要来，我们要好好准备一下。
Important guests are coming today, we need to prepare well.
家里来客人了。
Guests have come to the house.
Mnemonic
[kèrén-] Karen 🧳 always travels with an enormous suitcase. One day, she arrived in China and spotted the character 客人 on a hotel's door. "It's like me, a guest here!" she exclaimed, imagining herself as an important person visiting countries like a great explorer.
Frequently asked questions
Guest in Chinese language
"guest" in Chinese is 客人 (kèrén).
客人 meaning in English
客人 (kèrén) means "Guest".
How is 客人 pronounced?
It is pronounced kèrén (written as keren). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
Guest in Chinese characters
It is written 客人: 客 has 9 strokes, 人 has 2 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 客人?
客人 belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary list.
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