khách hàng
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khách hàng means a customer or client.
Meanings of khách hàng in English
Noun
- a customer or client
- dịch vụ chăm sóc khách hàngcustomer service
Example sentences with khách hàng
- Đây là khách hàng của chúng ta. This is our client.
- Đây là khách hàng của chúng tôi. This is our client.
- Quy định công ty cấm chúng tôi hẹn hò với khách hàng. Company policy forbids us from dating clients.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Etymology
From khách (“guest; customer; client”) + hàng (“goods”). khách by itself usually implies that the person physically goes to a shop or store, but khách hàng has a broader connotation, as in a client who uses any service that doesn't necessarily require them to physically go anywhere, such as Internet service, telephone service, or work on commission. Incidentally, the hàng (“goods”) in this word and the hành (“to go”) in hành khách (“passenger”) both derive from Chinese 行, making the Nom spelling of this and the Sino-Vietnamese spelling of hành khách accidental anagrams.
Frequently asked questions
What does khách hàng mean in English?
khách hàng (noun) means "a customer or client".
How do you pronounce khách hàng?
IPA: Hanoi [xajk̟̚˧˦ haːŋ˨˩]; Saigon [kʰat̚˦˥ haːŋ˨˩]. Tones: khách — rising tone (sắc), hàng — falling tone (huyền).