嫖客

Chinese

		visit a prostitute	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (嫖客)		嫖	客
simp. ^#(嫖客)		嫖	客

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piáokè

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴ haak³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiâu-kheh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piáokè
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piáokè
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: pyáu-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyaukeh
  - Palladius: пяокэ (pjaokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: piu⁴ haak³
  - Yale: pìuh haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹ haːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâu-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: phiâu-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'qeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau²³⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/

Noun

嫖客

man who sees prostitutes; client of sex workers; brothel patron; john

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖客 (“brothel patron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫖客
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	嫖客
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嫖客
	Xi'an	嫖客
	Xining	嫖客
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嫖客
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嫖友, 老舉湯圓
Cantonese	Hong Kong	嫖客, 老契
Gan	Lichuan	嫖客
Gan	Pingxiang	嫖客
Hakka	Meixian	嫖腳
	Xingning	嫖客
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嫖腳
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫖客
	Changting	嫖客
	Wuping	嫖客
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫖客
	Liancheng	嫖客
	Ninghua	嫖客
	Ruijin	嫖客
	Shicheng	嫖客
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫖客
Jin	Xinzhou	嫖客
Southern Min	Leizhou	客官
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫖客, 嫖騇公
Wu	Suzhou	嫖客
	Danyang	嫖客
	Hangzhou	嫖客

See also

嫖娼 (piáochāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫖	客
ひょう Hyōgai	かく Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
飄客

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ço̞ːka̠kɯ̟]

IPA^(key): [ço̞ːkʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

嫖(ひょう)客(かく) or 嫖客(ひょうきゃく) • (hyōkaku or hyōkyaku)

a customer of prostitutes; habitue of a red-light district
- 2016, Handō Kazutoshi, Nichi-Ro senso shi [Russo-Japanese War history], page 11:
  
  電(でん)車(しゃ)が一(いち)時(じ)半(はん)までやるとなっては誰(だれ)が高(たか)い金(かね)を出(だ)して人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ)を採(と)る者(もの)があろうか。先(ま)ず速(はや)い山(やま)の手(て)行(い)きの客(きゃく)か。もしくは吉(よし)原(わら)洲(す)崎(さき)へ浮(うか)れ込(こ)む嫖(ひょう)客(きゃく)をつかまえるより外(ほか)はない。
  Densha ga ichijihan made yaru tonatte wa dare ga takai kane o dashite jinrikisha o toru mono ga arō ka. Mazu hayai yamanote iki no kyaku ka. Moshikuha Yoshiwara Susaki e ukarekomu hyōkyaku o tsukamaeru yori hoka wa nai.
  Is there anyone who would pay the cost of a rickshaw when the train runs until half past one? And if it gets passengers to Yamanote sooner? Rather, no one outside the punters frequenting festive the Yoshiwara or Susaki's brothel.