"老客" meaning in Chinese

See 老客 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lau⁵³ kʰaʔ²/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/, /lau⁵³ kʰaʔ²/ Chinese transliterations: lǎokè [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lau² kah⁴ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], lǎokè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], lǎokè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lao³-kʻo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lǎu-kè [Mandarin, Yale, standard], laokeh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лаокэ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], laokɛ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lau² kah⁴ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老客
  1. (literary) travelling merchant; travelling salesman Tags: literary Synonyms (travelling merchant): 客商 (kèshāng)
    Sense id: en-老客-zh-noun-AcubNhX4 Disambiguation of 'travelling merchant': 58 40 2
  2. (literary) merchant; businessperson Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-老客-zh-noun-nBQhm0u9
  3. (Jin) old man that has died Tags: Jin
    Sense id: en-老客-zh-noun-C75ugIaL Categories (other): Jin Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 22 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 80 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 商人 (shāngrén), 商家佬 (soeng1 gaa1 lou2) [Cantonese], 商民 (shāngmín) [formal], 生意人 (shēngyirén), 生意佬 (saang1 ji3 lou2) (english: businessman) [Cantonese], 生理人 [Hakka, Hokkien], 賈人 (gǔrén) [literary], 贾人 (gǔrén) [literary]
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      "roman": "soeng1 gaa1 lou2",
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      "zh-pron": "lǎokè"
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      "zh-pron": "laokeh"
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      "zh-pron": "laokɛ"
    },
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        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
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      ],
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    },
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        "Taiyuan"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/"
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      "roman": "kèshāng",
      "sense": "travelling merchant",
      "word": "客商"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngrén",
      "word": "商人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "soeng1 gaa1 lou2",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "商家佬"
    },
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      "roman": "shāngmín",
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      "word": "商民"
    },
    {
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      "word": "生意佬"
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      "word": "生理人"
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    {
      "roman": "gǔrén",
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      "word": "賈人"
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      "roman": "gǔrén",
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      "word": "贾人"
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  "word": "老客"
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