bīn

visitor

guest; object (in grammar)

Roof (宀) + soldiers (兵) = honored guest under protection

A roof shelters the guest; soldiers (兵) once signaled the armed escort or retinue that accompanied an honored visitor. Together they evoke someone received under your roof with formal care.

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SoldiersSemantic
RoofSemantic

今天家里来了很多客。

jīn tiān jiā lǐ lái le hěn duō bīn kè。

Today many guests came to the house.

这家酒店对客的服务非常周到。

zhè jiā jiǔ diàn duì bīn kè de fú wù fēi cháng zhōu dào。

This hotel's service toward guests is very thorough.

Words with 宾

酬宾

chóu bīn

bargain sale

间接宾语

jiàn jiē bīn yǔ

indirect object (grammar)

雅各宾派

yǎ gè bīn pài

Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794

馆宾

guǎn bīn

private teacher

骆宾王

luò bīn wáng

Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

鲁宾

lǔ bīn

Rubin (name)

黄宾虹

huáng bīn hóng

Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter

主谓宾

zhǔ wèi bīn

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

主宾

zhǔ bīn

guest of honor

主宾谓

zhǔ bīn wèi

subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)

佳宾

jiā bīn

variant of 嘉賓|嘉宾[jia1 bin1]

来宾

lái bīn

see 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4]

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