客户 kèhù client
client; customer
How to remember 客户: 客 guest + 户 door = client.
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How it is used
- Client or customer, especially in a business/B2B sense: 客户服务 (kèhù fúwù) - customer service. Compare 顾客 (gùkè), the word for a shopper walking into a retail store, and 客人 (kèrén), a guest in someone's home - 客户 is the term a company uses for the people or businesses it serves.
Example sentences
- 我们对客户进行了问卷调查。 Wǒmen duì kèhù jìnxíngle wènjuàn diàochá.We did a survey of our clients.
- 银行对风险客户收取较高的贷款利息。 Yínháng duì fēngxiǎn kèhù shōuqǔ jiào gāo de dàikuǎn lìxī.Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.