客套

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath
simp. and trad. (客套)		客	套

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kètào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ tou³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kêh⁴ tao³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kètào → kètao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄠˋ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄊㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kètåo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-tʻao⁵
    • Yale: kè-tau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.taw
    • Palladius: кэтао (kɛtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ tou³
    • Yale: haak tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ tʰou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêh⁴ tao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheh thàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ tʰau²¹³/

Noun

客套

1. polite greetings; courtesies (in words); civilities; formalities

Verb

客套

1. to exchange courtesies

Derived terms

• 客套話／客套话 (kètàohuà)