外宾

外賓

wàibīn

noun #47,949

Measure Word

一位外宾 wèi

Meanings

1 foreign guest
2 foreign visitor

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

今天学校来了几位外宾。

Jīntiān xuéxiào lái le jǐ wèi wàibīn.

A few foreign guests visited the school today.

HSK 5

这家宾馆以前只接待外宾。

Zhè jiā bīnguǎn yǐqián zhǐ jiēdài wàibīn.

This hotel used to take only foreign guests.

Tips

culture

From the 1950s into the early 1990s, the Friendship Stores (友谊商店) and many hotels served mainly 外宾; from 1980 to 1995 foreigners paid there with Foreign Exchange Certificates (外汇券).

Stroke Order

外 wài

宾 bīn