thực khách
Definition
- Noun:
- A diner; a restaurant patron: A person who is eating a meal, especially in a commercial establishment like a restaurant or café. The term emphasizes the person's role as a guest or customer partaking in food.
- A guest at a meal: A person who is invited to or is present at a specific meal, often in a more formal or hosted setting.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nhà hàng này luôn phục vụ thực khách chu đáo. (This restaurant always serves its diners attentively.)
- Bữa tiệc có mười vị thực khách quan trọng. (The banquet had ten important guests.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is formal and polite, commonly used in written Vietnamese, hospitality contexts, or formal announcements. It is less common in casual, everyday speech where "khách hàng" (customer) or simply "người ăn" (the person eating) might be used.
Variants and Related Words
- Thực đơn (n): menu; the list of food and drinks available to the .
- Khách hàng (n): customer; a broader term for a client of any business, not exclusively food service.
- Thực khách VIP (n): VIP diner; a special or very important restaurant patron.
Synonyms
- Diner: A person eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- Patron: A customer of a restaurant, store, etc.
- Guest: A person invited to partake in a meal or event.
Related Idioms
- While there is no direct idiom with , the concept is central to the hospitality idiom:
- Khách đến nhà, không gà thì vịt: Literally, "When a guest comes to the house, if not chicken then duck." It means one should offer the best possible hospitality to a guest, which includes a thực khách.