Chinese Word of the Day

客厅
kè tīng

lounge room

Definitions

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客厅
1. Simplified form of 客廳
客廳	kètīng
1. n. living room; sitting room; drawing room
Components
客	kè, qiěeijing dialect, colloquial
1. guest; visitor
我家來客了。 - A guest has come to visit my home.
2. customer; client; consumer
客滿 - to have a full house
今日鋪pou3頭tau4-2 有個客好麻煩啊aa3。 - There was a really annoying customer at the store today.
3. to treat with guest etiquette; to receive friendly
4. minor; less major; less important
5. (Agent suffix, indicating “one that engages in ...”.)
政客 - politician
刺客 - assassin
6. one who sponges on a wealthy family; hanger-on; sponger
7. traveller; passenger; one who lives away from home
8. to live away from home; to live abroad
9. (in general) people; person
10. objective; beyond human consciousness
客觀 - objective
11. Hakka
客話 - Hakka language, H
純客縣 - county whose residents are all Hakka people
厅
1. Simplified form of 廳
廳	tīng
1. hall; large room
舞廳 - ballroom
餐廳 - dining hall; restaurant
咖啡廳 - cafe
2. government department; office
3. (Cantonese) living room and/or dining room
我今晚瞓廳。 - I am sleeping in the living room tonight.
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