HSK 4 · Work

顾客 gùkè “customer” in Chinese

Traditional 顧客

What 顾客 means

  1. customer
  2. client

Measure word 位 wèi · 一位顾客 yí wèi gùkè

How to say 顾客

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顾gù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale客kè4th tone, falling

顾客 in a sentence

  1. 顾客永远是正确的吗？

    Gùkè yǒngyuǎn shì zhèngquè de ma?

    Is the customer always right?

    Sentence #7771669 from Tatoeba

  2. 今天顾客比较少。

    Jīntiān gùkè bǐjiào shǎo.

    There aren’t many customers today.

    Sentence #426436 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的店总是挤满了顾客。

    Tā de diàn zǒngshì jǐmǎn le gùkè.

    His shop is always packed with customers.

    Sentence #892452 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 顾客 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 顾 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
顾gùto look after
  • 厄adversity · èSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 厄 (è) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

The character 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

How to write 顾客

顾 10 strokes · 客 9 strokes

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顾客 (gùkè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 顾客 (gùkè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 顾客

Words with 顾

照顾zhàogu · take care of回顾huígù · to look back顾虑gùlǜ · worry顾问gùwèn · adviser不顾búgù · regardless of不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

Words with 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest游客yóukè · tourist请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)做客zuòkè · to be a guest客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)好客hàokè · hospitable客观kèguān · objective客户kèhù · client

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大夫dàifu · doctor导游dǎoyóu · tour guide付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money工资gōngzī · wages管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise护士hùshi · nurse记者jìzhě · reporter加班jiābān · to work overtime

FAQs

顾客 (gùkè) means “customer” or “client”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gùkè: gù with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 顾客 is written 顧客. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 位 (wèi). For example, one customer is 一位顾客 (yí wèi gùkè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顾客 from the suggestions. Typing guke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顾客 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.