HSK 5 · Family

嘉宾 jiābīn “esteemed guest” in Chinese

Traditional 嘉賓

What 嘉宾 means

  1. esteemed guest
  2. honoured guest
  3. guest (on a show)

How to say 嘉宾

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale嘉jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宾bīn1st tone, high and level

嘉宾 in a sentence

  1. 今天的节目请来了两位嘉宾。

    Jīntiān de jiémù qǐng lái le liǎng wèi jiābīn.

    Today’s show has two special guests.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 欢迎各位嘉宾！

    Huānyíng gèwèi jiābīn!

    Welcome, honoured guests!

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 嘉宾 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 嘉 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘉jiāexcellent
  • 壴drum · zhùMeaning part
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part

壴 hints at the meaning (drum); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiā.

The character 宾 (bīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
宾bīnvisitor
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 兵soldier · bīng

How to write 嘉宾

嘉 14 strokes · 宾 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 嘉宾

Words with 宾

宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel

More words: People, Body & Health

伙伴huǒbàn · partner交往jiāowǎng · to associate with家庭jiātíng · family家务jiāwù · household duties嫁jià · (of a woman) to marry舅舅jiùjiu · mother’s brother老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people姥姥lǎolao · grandma (mother’s mother)

FAQs

嘉宾 (jiābīn) means “esteemed guest” or “honoured guest”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiābīn: jiā with a 1st tone, then bīn with a 1st 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, 嘉宾 is written 嘉賓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiabin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘉宾 from the suggestions. Typing jiabin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘉宾 is an HSK 5 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.