過客

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (過客)		過	客
simp. (过客)		过	客

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòkè

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ haak³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kòe-kheh / kè-kheh

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ kêh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòkè
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: gwò-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohkeh
  - Palladius: гокэ (gokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ haak³
  - Yale: gwo haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ haːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-kheh / kè-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-kheh / kè-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'qeq, kea'qeq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/, /ke²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/, /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/, /ke²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/, /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰeʔ³²/, /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰeʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê³ kêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè kheh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰeʔ²/

Noun

過客

passing visitor; passing traveller; one (simply) passing by; transient guest; sojourner
- 2004, “江南 [Jiāngnán]”, 李瑞洵 (lyrics), performed by 林俊傑:
  
  風到這裡就是黏　黏住過客的思念 [MSC, trad.]
  风到这里就是黏　黏住过客的思念 [MSC, simp.]
  fēng dào zhèlǐ jiùshì nián, nián zhù guòkè de sīniàn [Pinyin]
  The wind that arrives here becomes clammy,
  Clinging to the thoughts of those passing travellers;
- 2011, “拜拜，愛過”, 吳夢奇 (lyrics), performed by SARA:
  
  付出再多的愛都值得　就算你只是生命的過客 [MSC, trad.]
  付出再多的爱都值得　就算你只是生命的过客 [MSC, simp.]
  fùchū zài duō de ài dōu zhídé, jiùsuàn nǐ zhǐ shì shēngmìng de guòkè [Pinyin]
  Loving you, however deeply, is always worthwhile,
  Even though you are only a passer-by in the life of mine;

Derived terms

百代過客 / 百代过客
過客曆 / 过客历