顾客
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
顾客 (gùkè) · customer
顾客 (gùkè) means “customer; client”. It is written with 2 characters: 顾 (to look back) + 客 (guest). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 顾客 is built
The characters
顾 gù · to look back
What 顾 is made of
- 厄è — adversity
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 㔾xiān — seal
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Origin hint: 页 gives the meaning, 厄 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
客 kè · guest
What 客 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
店里顾客很多。Diàn lǐ gùkè hěn duō.There are many customers in the shop.
这位顾客要买什么？Zhè wèi gùkè yào mǎi shénme?What does this customer want to buy?
Questions about 顾客
What does 顾客 mean?
顾客 (gùkè) means “customer; client”.
How do you pronounce 顾客?
顾客 is pronounced gùkè.
Which HSK level is 顾客?
顾客 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 照顾zhàoguto take care of
- 不顾bùgùregardless of
- 不屑一顾bùxièyīgùto think something not worth a glance
- 顾虑gùlǜworry
- 顾问gùwènadviser
- 后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōuworries back home
- 回顾huígùto look back
- 统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngùto plan as a whole, considering all
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 客人kèrénguest
Learn 顾客 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.