嫖客

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piáokè

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴ haak³
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): phiâu-kheh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piáokè
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piáokè
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: pyáu-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyaukeh
  - Palladius: пяокэ (pjaokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: piu⁴ haak³
  - Yale: pìuh haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹ haːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâu-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: phiâu-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'qeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau²³⁻³³ kʰeʔ³²/

Noun

嫖客

man who sees prostitutes; client of sex workers; brothel patron; john

Synonyms

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See also

嫖娼 (piáochāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫖	客
ひょう Hyōgaiji	かく Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
飄客

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ço̞ːka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

IPA^(key): [ço̞ːkʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

嫖(ひょう)客(かく) or 嫖客(ひょうきゃく) • (hyōkaku or hyōkyaku)

a customer of prostitutes; habitue of a red-light district
- 2016, Handō Kazutoshi, Nichi-Ro senso shi [Russo-Japanese War history], page 11:
  
  電(でん)車(しゃ)が一(いち)時(じ)半(はん)までやるとなっては誰(だれ)が高(たか)い金(かね)を出(だ)して人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ)を採(と)る者(もの)があろうか。先(ま)ず速(はや)い山(やま)の手(て)行(い)きの客(きゃく)か。もしくは吉(よし)原(わら)洲(す)崎(さき)へ浮(うか)れ込(こ)む嫖(ひょう)客(きゃく)をつかまえるより外(ほか)はない。
  Densha ga ichijihan made yaru tonatte wa dare ga takai kane o dashite jinrikisha o toru mono ga arō ka. Mazu hayai yamanote iki no kyaku ka. Moshikuha Yoshiwara Susaki e ukarekomu hyōkyaku o tsukamaeru yori hoka wa nai.
  Is there anyone who would pay the cost of a rickshaw when the train runs until half past one? And if it gets passengers to Yamanote sooner? Rather, no one outside the punters frequenting festive the Yoshiwara or Susaki's brothel.

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