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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *東* | 東* | *東
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you
HSK 3
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
visitor / guest / customer / client / CL:
HSK 2
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
to receive visitors; to receive guests
traveler; tourist / (online gaming) guest player
HSK 2
guest / visitor
HSK 7-9
esteemed guest / honored guest / guest (on a show)
HSK 6
to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
HSK 7-9
guest room / room (in a hotel)
HSK 7-9
disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
(idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *客* | 客* | *客
customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
HSK 7-9
to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
(old) polite form of address for a customer or guest
hospitality / to treat guests well / to enjoy having guests / hospitable / friendly
HSK 7-9
tavern / guest house / inn / hotel
uninvited (guest) / unexpected (appearance) / unwanted presence
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
guest
to take care of / to raise money / to attend to (guests, customers etc)
to serve tea (to guests)
special guest performer (in a show) / special guest appearance (in film credits)
public lecture (with guest speakers etc)
to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company
hotel guest / tenant
guest of honor / host and guests
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care!
to put up a guest / to stay overnight
to entertain a guest
to receive guests / to receive patrons (of prostitutes)
foreign guest / international visitor
to get hyped up in front of an audience / (of children) to play up in front of guests
guests / invited friends
to arrive without invitation / unexpected guest / unwanted presence
to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc) / (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
guest (to a wedding etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迓* | 迓* | *迓
to receive (as a guest)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酢* | 酢* | *酢
toast to host by guest
female guest; female visitor
guest room
guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾)
honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP
HSK 7-9
to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
visiting professor; guest professor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桌* | 桌* | *桌
table / desk / classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
male guest at party
lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. to carry out a scam / to run a protection racket / daylight robbery
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune
both the guests and the hosts thoroughly enjoy themselves (idiom)
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
guest of honor
to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賓* | 賓* | *賓
visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
to host a banquet / guest at a banquet
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
(of a distinguished guest) honor my house (firm etc) with your presence
guest-house / inn
light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
distinguished guest; honored guest
to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
guests / visitors
guest and host
guest from afar
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner
(Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo pr. [àu-kheh])
seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor
lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
male guest; male visitor
negligent (towards guests)
to receive (guests, clients) / to interact socially with
guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute)


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