客人 (kèrén)

客人 means guest or visitor. It refers to anyone who comes to your home as an invited visitor or a customer arriving at a business. Chinese culture places great importance on hospitality toward 客人.

Meanings

[noun] Guest; visitor; customer.

Example Sentences

我们家今天有客人来。 Wǒmen jiā jīntiān yǒu kèrén lái. We have guests coming to our home today.

要好好招待客人。 Yào hǎohǎo zhāodài kèrén. We should take good care of our guests.

客人已经到了，请开门。 Kèrén yǐjīng dào le, qǐng kāimén. The guests have already arrived; please open the door.

酒店里的客人很多。 Jiǔdiàn lǐ de kèrén hěn duō. There are many guests in the hotel.

Collocations

Collocation	Meaning
接待客人	to receive guests
招待客人	to entertain guests
贵客	honored guest
外地客人	guest from out of town
客人来了	the guests have come

Memory Hook

客 has a roof (宀) over a person who has come from afar (夂 + 各). A 客人 is literally "a person who arrived from outside and entered under your roof." Roll out the welcome mat.