gu3 haak3顧客顾客
Jyutpinggu3 haak3
Yalegu haak
Definition
Customer; a person who buys goods or services from a shop.
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How it's used
While 顧客 is the standard term for a customer, it is primarily used in formal business contexts or written notices. In casual, everyday speech, people almost always use 客人 or simply 客 to refer to someone buying goods or services. Using 顧客 in a friendly chat can sound slightly detached or overly professional, as if you are reading from a store manual.
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This customer is very polite and always says thank you to me.
Do you know what that customer wanted to buy just now?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse 顧客 with 買家, which specifically refers to a buyer in a transaction or auction. While they overlap, 顧客 implies a relationship with a business or service provider, whereas 買家 is purely functional regarding the act of purchasing.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
