拉客 () — to solicit customers (e.g. taxi passengers, restaurant diners); to solicit clients (in the sex trade)

Definición

A colloquial verb meaning to actively approach and try to attract customers — used of taxi drivers, restaurant hosts, and sex workers soliciting clients. Pairs with 客, a general word for "customer."

verb
to solicit customers (e.g. taxi passengers, restaurant diners)to solicit clients (in the sex trade)

Ejemplos

  • 拉客
    Chū zū chē sī jī zài huǒ chē zhàn fù jìn lā.
    Taxi drivers solicit passengers near the train station.
  • Tā zuó tiān zài jiē shàng lā le liǎng gè kè.
    He solicited two customers on the street yesterday.
  • 拉客
    Nà ge dì fāng lā de qíng kuàng hěn yán zhòng.
    The soliciting situation in that place is very serious.

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