HSK 4 · Verbs

逛 guàng “to stroll” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 逛 means

  1. to stroll
  2. to visit

How to say 逛

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale逛guàng4th tone, falling

逛 in a sentence

  1. 你想陪我逛公园吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng péi wǒ guàng gōngyuán ma?

    Would you like to go for a walk in the park with me?

    Sentence #1966435 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你想和我一起去逛街吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng hé wǒ yìqǐ qù guàngjiē ma?

    Would you like to go shopping with me?

    Sentence #9959850 from Tatoeba

  3. 一两天是没办法逛完东京的。

    Yì liǎng tiān shì méi bànfǎ guàng wán Dōngjīng de.

    There’s no way you can see all of Tokyo in a day or two.

    Sentence #8863031 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 逛 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 逛 (guàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
逛guàngto stroll
  • 狂insane · kuángSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 狂 (kuáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with guàng.

How to write 逛

逛 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 逛

More words: Common Verbs

估计gūjì · to estimate鼓励gǔlì · to encourage挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)广播guǎngbō · broadcast好像hǎoxiàng · as if活动huódòng · activity获得huòdé · to obtain降落jiàngluò · to descend

FAQs

逛 (guàng) means “to stroll” or “to visit”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guàng: guàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 逛 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逛 from the suggestions. Typing guang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逛 is an HSK 4 word in the 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.