賓

See also: 宾

賓 U+8CD3, 賓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CD3 ← 賒 [U+8CD2] CJK Unified Ideographs 賔 → [U+8CD4]

賓 U+FA64, 賓 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA64 ← 謹 [U+FA63] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 贈 → [U+FA65]

Translingual

Han character

賓 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+7 in Chinese and Korean, 貝+8 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十一竹金 (JMHC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱⿳宀一𣥂貝(GHTKV) or ⿱⿳宀一少貝(J))

Derived characters

• 儐, 𡁟, 𡒨, 嬪, 㡦, 𢣐, 擯, 濱, 獱, 𣋪, 檳, 殯, 璸, 臏, 𧷟, 矉, 礗, 穦, 𧸈, 繽, 𮎕, 蠙, 𮚪, 𮜞, 𨊕, 𰹩, 鑌
• 䧬, 𨲺, 馪, 驞, 髕, 𩼧, 𪵢, 𩴸, 𫴑, 𣰨, 䎙, 䚔, 䨈, 顮, 𩴱, 𪇕, 𪹿, 薲, 鬢, 𩰝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3643, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8CD3
• Unihan data for U+FA64

Chinese

trad.		賓
simp.		宾
alternative forms		賔 𧶉 ancient 𧶎 𥦎 𡪛 賔 𧶉 ancient 𧶎 𥦎 𡪛 𡧍 𡫅 𢊟 𧶑 𠆄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賓
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

	Old Chinese
蠙	*biːn, *bin
賓	*mpin
檳	*pin
鑌	*pin
濱	*pin
顮	*pin
儐	*pin, *pins
矉	*pin
擯	*pins
殯	*pins
鬢	*pins
繽	*pʰin
嬪	*bin
薲	*bin
獱	*bin
臏	*binʔ
髕	*binʔ

Characters in the same phonetic series (賓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mpin) : phonetic 𡧍 (OC *meːnʔ) + semantic 貝.

In oracle bone script, ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : a person 人 in a building 宀 – a guest.

Variants that replaced 人 with 万 (OC *mans, *mɯːɡ) were also common, and posited to be the original form of 丏 (OC *meːnʔ), which would also act as the character's phonetic component, which has corrupted into ⿱一𣥂 in the modern form.

Bronze inscriptions added 貝 (“money; valuables”), signifying gifts.

Etymology

From n-nominalization of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hin (“to give”). Cognate with 嬪 (OC *bin, “to become a bride”), which is an endopassive of 賓 (OC *mpin, “lit, "to be received like a guest"”). See 畀 (OC *pids, “to give”) for more cognates.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	賓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必鄰切
Baxter	pjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pin/
Shao Rongfen	/pjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pin/
Li Rong	/piĕn/
Wang Li	/pĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bīn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjin ›
Old Chinese	/*pi[n]/
English	guest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賓
Reading #	1/1
No.	837
Phonetic component	賓
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賔
Old Chinese	/*mpin/
Notes	金文不從丏聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīn (bin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ban¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bin¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pîn

  (Hailu, HRS): bin^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bin¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ / biang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bin
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pin⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
    • Tâi-lô: pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹ / biang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping / piang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/, /piaŋ³³/

Note: biang1 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pin
    • MiniDict: pin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjin

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mpin/

Definitions

賓

1. visitor; guest
2. (grammar) object
3. (Cantonese, anatomy) Short for 賓舟／宾舟 (“penis”).
4. (Cantonese) Short for 利賓納／利宾纳 (“Ribena”).

   凍檸賓／冻柠宾 [Cantonese]  ―  dung³ ning^4-2 ban¹ [Jyutping]  ―  iced Ribena with lemon

5. (Cantonese, attributive, possibly derogatory) Short for 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn, “Filipino/a”).

   賓妹／宾妹 [Cantonese]  ―  ban¹ mui⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  a Philippine girl, especially a domestic helper

Compounds

• 上賓 / 上宾 (shàngbīn)
• 九賓 / 九宾
• 來賓 / 来宾 (láibīn)
• 倒屣迎賓 / 倒屣迎宾
• 儀賓 / 仪宾
• 入幕之賓 / 入幕之宾
• 內賓 / 内宾 (nèibīn)
• 卡賓槍 / 卡宾枪 (kǎbīnqiāng)
• 反賓為主 / 反宾为主
• 喧賓奪主 / 喧宾夺主 (xuānbīnduózhǔ)
• 嘉賓 / 嘉宾 (jiābīn)
• 國賓 / 国宾 (guóbīn)
• 外賓 / 外宾 (wàibīn)
• 大宴賓客 / 大宴宾客
• 大賓 / 大宾
• 宜賓 / 宜宾 (Yíbīn)
• 寅賓 / 寅宾
• 幕賓 / 幕宾
• 延賓 / 延宾
• 截髮留賓 / 截发留宾
• 沙賓疫苗 / 沙宾疫苗
• 特別來賓 / 特别来宾
• 相待如賓 / 相待如宾
• 相敬如賓 / 相敬如宾
• 罽賓 / 罽宾 (Jìbīn)
• 羅賓漢 / 罗宾汉 (Luóbīn Hàn)
• 菲律賓 / 菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn)
• 蕤賓 / 蕤宾
• 蕤賓佳節 / 蕤宾佳节
• 西賓 / 西宾
• 貴賓 / 贵宾 (guìbīn)
• 貴賓卡 / 贵宾卡
• 賓主 / 宾主 (bīnzhǔ)
• 賓主盡歡 / 宾主尽欢
• 賓主禮 / 宾主礼
• 賓之初筵 / 宾之初筵
• 賓享 / 宾享
• 賓位 / 宾位
• 賓友 / 宾友
• 賓器 / 宾器
• 賓士 / 宾士
• 賓夕凡尼亞 / 宾夕凡尼亚 (Bīnxīfánníyà)
• 賓夕法尼亞 / 宾夕法尼亚 (Bīnxīfǎníyà)
• 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān)
• 賓宇 / 宾宇
• 賓客 / 宾客 (bīnkè)
• 賓客填門 / 宾客填门
• 賓客如雲 / 宾客如云
• 賓客盈庭 / 宾客盈庭
• 賓客盈門 / 宾客盈门
• 賓實 / 宾实
• 賓州 / 宾州 (Bīnzhōu)
• 賓師 / 宾师
• 賓待 / 宾待
• 賓從 / 宾从
• 賓旅 / 宾旅
• 賓服 / 宾服
• 賓朋 / 宾朋 (bīnpéng)
• 賓朋滿座 / 宾朋满座
• 賓果 / 宾果 (bīnguǒ)
• 賓東 / 宾东 (bīndōng)
• 賓次 / 宾次
• 賓漢 / 宾汉
• 賓白 / 宾白 (bīnbái)
• 賓禮 / 宾礼
• 賓至如歸 / 宾至如归 (bīnzhìrúguī)
• 賓興 / 宾兴
• 賓舟 / 宾舟
• 賓萌 / 宾萌
• 賓詞 / 宾词 (bīncí)
• 賓語 / 宾语 (bīnyǔ)
• 賓貢 / 宾贡
• 賓賓 / 宾宾
• 賓郎 / 宾郎 (bīnláng)
• 賓鐵 / 宾铁 (bīntiě)
• 賓陽 / 宾阳 (Bīnyáng)
• 賓館 / 宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
• 賓鴻 / 宾鸿
• 迎賓 / 迎宾 (yíngbīn)
• 遲賓之館 / 迟宾之馆
• 鄭驛留賓 / 郑驿留宾
• 酬賓 / 酬宾 (chóubīn)
• 門不停賓 / 门不停宾
• 門無雜賓 / 门无杂宾
• 館賓 / 馆宾

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìn (bin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìn
    • Wade–Giles: pin⁴
    • Yale: bìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binn
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵¹/

Definitions

賓

1. Alternative form of 擯 / 摈 (bìn, “to discard; to reject”)

Japanese

Shinjitai	賓
Kyūjitai [1]	賓 賓 or 賓+︀?
	賓󠄀 賓+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	賓󠄃 賓+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 賓

賓

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 賓)

1. Guest, V.I.P.

Readings

• Go-on: ひん (hin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひん (hin, Jōyō)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 賓う)、まろうど (marōdo, 賓)^{←まらうど (maraudo, 賓, historical)}、まらひと (marahito, 賓)、まれうど (mareudo, 賓)、まれびと (marebito, 賓)
• Nanori: うら (ura)、つぐ (tsugu)、つら (tsura)

References

1. “賓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 賓 (MC pjin). Recorded as Middle Korean 賔/비ᇰ (ping) (Yale: ping) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pin]
• Phonetic hangul: [빈]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

賓

Wikisource 賓 (eumhun 손 빈 (son bin))

1. hanja form^? of 빈 (“guest”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 빈객 (賓客, bin'gaek)
• 국빈 (國賓, gukbin)
• 귀빈 (貴賓, gwibin)
• 영빈 (迎賓, yeongbin)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

賓: Hán Nôm readings: tân, bân

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