As in the title what is the difference in word usage/meaning between the following fours words:
- 客
- 顾客
- 客户
- 客人
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Sign up to join this communityAs in the title what is the difference in word usage/meaning between the following fours words:
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客, guest, visitor. For a shop, it is customer.
顧客, customer. (顧, look back -> visit and revisit.)
客户, customer account, a customer with account. (户, the front door -> household -> account). Some ignore the concept of account.
客人, 人客. guest / visitor (of human).
顾客 and 客户 are customer(commercial ). 客人 means guest. 客 always means being guest/objective,which is contrast to the owner/subjective.