賓ひん客きゃく

also: ひんかく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

guest of honor; privileged guest

Formal term for a distinguished or honored guest, often used in official or ceremonial contexts.

〈人ひと〉を賓ひん客きゃくとして迎むかえるto welcome someone as a guest of honor
大だい統とう領りょうを賓ひん客きゃくとして迎むかえた。
They welcomed the president as a guest of honor.
賓ひん客きゃくをもてなすto entertain/host a distinguished guest
会かい社しゃは海かい外がいからの賓ひん客きゃくを手て厚あつくもてなした。
The company gave the foreign guest of honor a warm reception.
賓ひん客きゃくを招まねくto invite a guest of honor
式しき典てんには多おおくの賓ひん客きゃくが招まねかれた。
Many distinguished guests were invited to the ceremony.

来らい賓ひんN1
来賓 is the everyday word for a guest invited to a formal event, while 賓客 stresses that the guest is especially honored or privileged.
主しゅ賓ひん
主賓 specifically names the single most important guest at an event like a wedding, whereas 賓客 can refer to any distinguished guest.
客きゃくN4
客 is the plain, general word for a guest or customer, while 賓客 is a formal term reserved for a highly respected guest.
国こく賓ひん
賓客 is a broader term for any honored guest, while 国賓 specifically denotes a foreign dignitary invited by a government for a state visit.
貴き賓ひん
賓客 is a formal term for an honored guest similar to 貴賓, but 貴賓 emphasizes rank or nobility more strongly.

貴き賓ひん
貴賓 shares the kanji 賓 and also means a VIP guest, but it is typically used as a modifier (e.g. 貴賓室) rather than standing alone as the guest's title like 賓客.

賓客Usage100%
- ひんきゃく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひんきゃく is the most common.
- ひんかく
  Alternate reading; less common than ひんきゃく.
ひんかく

From Middle Chinese 賓客 (pjin khaek), meaning 'guest' or 'visitor'. The kanji 賓 means 'guest' or 'visitor', and 客 means 'guest' or 'customer'.