HSK 3.0 Level 3 · People

游客 yóukè “tourist” in Chinese

Traditional 遊客

What 游客 means

  1. tourist
  2. visitor
  3. traveller
  4. (online gaming) guest player

How to say 游客

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale游yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale客kè4th tone, falling

游客 in a sentence

  1. 我是游客。

    Wǒ shì yóukè.

    I’m a tourist.

    Sentence #4970147 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 只有游客才这么做。

    Zhǐyǒu yóukè cái zhème zuò.

    Only tourists do that.

    Sentence #8599725 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在四月，来岛上度假的游客不多。

    Zài Sìyuè, lái dǎo shàng dùjià de yóukè bù duō.

    In April, not many visitors come to holiday on the island.

    Sentence #8692917 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 游客 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 游 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
游yóuto swim
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 斿to swim · yóu

Memory aidWater 氵 gives the meaning: to swim, and from there to travel around.

The character 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

How to write 游客

游 12 strokes · 客 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

游客 (yóukè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 游客 (yóukè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 游客

Words with 游

游yóu · to swim旅游lǚyóu · to travel游泳yóuyǒng · to swim游戏yóuxì · game导游dǎoyóu · tour guide游览yóulǎn · to go sightseeing上游shàngyóu · upper reaches (of a river)

Words with 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)做客zuòkè · to be a guest客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)顾客gùkè · customer好客hàokè · hospitable客观kèguān · objective客户kèhù · client

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男生nánshēng · male student名人míngrén · celebrity此cǐ · this另lìng · another各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)

FAQs

游客 (yóukè) means “tourist” or “visitor”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yóukè: yóu with a 2nd tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 游客 is written 遊客. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 游客 from the suggestions. Typing youke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
游客 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.