Chinese symbol for “hospitality”
好客
hào kè
hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hospitality is 好客 (hào kè), defined as: hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 好客.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hospitality”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.