客

kè

customer; visitor; guest

classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

roof (宀) + each arrival (各) = guest under your roof

各 originally conveyed the idea of 'each coming from a different place.' Under a roof, someone who has arrived from elsewhere is your guest.

宀+各→客
各EachSemantic
宀RoofSemantic

家里来客了,妈妈很高兴。

jiā lǐ lái kè le, māma hěn gāoxìng。

A guest has come to the house, and mom is very happy.

请再给我来一客饺子。

qǐng zài gěi wǒ lái yī kè jiǎozi。

Please bring me one more serving of dumplings.

Words with 客

大客车

dà kè chē

coach

客群

kè qún

market segment

载客量

zài kè liàng

passenger capacity

客串

kè chuàn

to appear on stage in an amateur capacity

徐霞客

xú xiá kè

Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4]

客栈

kè zhàn

tavern

作客

zuò kè

to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

反客为主

fǎn kè wéi zhǔ

lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior

客轮

kè lún

passenger ship

博客写手

bó kè xiě shǒu

blogger

博客话剧

bó kè huà jù

blog drama (netspeak)

行客

xíng kè

visitor

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