嘉賓
See also: 嘉宾
Chinese
excellent | visitor; guest | ||
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trad. (嘉賓) | 嘉 | 賓 | |
simp. (嘉宾) | 嘉 | 宾 |
Etymology
- "guest"
- Idiomatic, with 嘉 (jiā, “good, admirable, distinguished”) as honorific.
- "sparrow"
- Rare outside sparse attestations in some historical 類書/类书 (lèishū, “reference books”) and poetic works, chiefly used for humour in the latter.
Pronunciation
Noun
嘉賓
- (honorific) guest; guest of honour
- 我有嘉賓,中心喜之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wǒyǒu jiābīn, zhōngxīn xǐzhī. [Pinyin]
- I have here an admirable guest,
And with all my heart I rejoice in him.
我有嘉宾,中心喜之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figuratively, humorous, now rare) sparrow
- 崔豹《古今注》曰:雀,一名嘉賓。言棲宿人家,狀如賓客也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE
- Cuī Bào “Gǔjīnzhù” yuē: què, yī míng jiābīn. Yán qīsù rén jiā, zhuàng rú bīnkè yě. [Pinyin]
- Quoting from the Gujinzhu by Cui Bao (c. late 3rd–early 4th century): "the sparrow is alternatively called 'guest of honour' because it lives with humans and feeds off them, like a guest."
崔豹《古今注》曰:雀,一名嘉宾。言栖宿人家,状如宾客也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- 大廈初成日,嘉賓集杏梁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 8th century, Li Jiao (李嶠), Sparrows (《雀》).
- Dàshà chū chéng rì, jiābīn jí xìng liáng. [Pinyin]
- The marvellous mansion is now complete,
and auspicious guests perch upon its beam.
大厦初成日,嘉宾集杏梁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
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