"Guest" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 kè rén visitor / guest / customer / client / CL:位[wei4]
 jiā bīn esteemed guest / honored guest / guest (on a show)
 lái bīn guest / visitor
 lái kè guest
 kè customer / visitor / guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
 bīn visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
 hè kè guest (to a wedding etc)
 yóu kè traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player
 guì bīn honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP
 guò kè passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner
 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
 kè fáng guest room / room (in a hotel)
 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel
 zuò kè to be a guest or visitor
 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn
 bào gào huì public lecture (with guest speakers etc)
 mù sòng to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
 kè chuàn 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
 yíng bīn to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute)
 bù sù zhī kè (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest
 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor
 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
 bīn zhǔ guest and host
宿 liú sù to put up a guest / to stay overnight
 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
 zuò xí seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor
鸿 Hóng mén Yàn 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[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home
 liú kè to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest
 zuò shàng kè guest of honor
 zhǔ bīn guest of honor / host and guests
 chī qǐng to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
 yuǎn kè guest from afar
 nèi bīn guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾)
 zuò toast to host by guest
 xuān bīn duó zhǔ 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
 xiāng jìng rú bīn to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
 fǎn kè wéi zhǔ lit. the guest acts as host (idiom) / fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
 kè zuò jiào shòu visiting professor / guest professor
 bù sù ér zhì to arrive without invitation / unexpected guest / unwanted presence
 guān kè male guest at party
 kè shì guest room
 tè bié kè chuàn special guest performer (in a show) / special guest appearance (in film credits)
 xiǎng kè to entertain a guest
 kè jí gōng rén guest worker
 zhù kè hotel guest / tenant
  United Nations guest house
  Peace Guest House
 wài lái gōng rén guest worker
 ào kè (Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer / obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo pr. [àu-kheh])
 yàn kè to host a banquet / guest at a banquet
 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company
 nu:3 bīn female guest / female visitor
 zuò shàng bīn distinguished guest / honored guest
 nán bīn male guest / male visitor
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