HSK 6 · Transport

观光 guānguāng “to go sightseeing” in Chinese

Traditional 觀光

What 观光 means

  1. to go sightseeing
  2. tourism
  3. to tour
  4. sightseeing

How to say 观光

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level

观光 in a sentence

  1. 他的工作是驾驶观光巴士。

    Tā de gōngzuò shì jiàshǐ guānguāng bāshì.

    His job is driving a sightseeing bus.

    Sentence #5967303 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 观光客被独特的景致所吸引。

    Guānguāngkè bèi dútè de jǐngzhì suǒ xīyǐn.

    The tourists were captivated by the unique scenery.

    Sentence #1238324 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 观光巴士穿过了一条长长的隧道。

    Guānguāng bāshì chuānguò le yì tiáo chángcháng de suìdào.

    The sightseeing bus went through a long tunnel.

    Sentence #729492 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 观光 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 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn
The character 光 (guāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
光guānglight; ray
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 兀weak · wù

How to write 观光

观 6 strokes · 光 6 strokes

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

Words related to 观光

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)时光shíguāng · time目光mùguāng · gaze曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)风光fēngguāng · scenery

More words: Everyday Things

颠簸diānbǒ · to jolt抵达dǐdá · to arrive动身dòngshēn · to set out港口gǎngkǒu · port轨道guǐdào · orbit航空hángkōng · aviation航行hángxíng · to sail桨jiǎng · oar

FAQs

观光 (guānguāng) means “to go sightseeing” or “tourism”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guānguāng: guān with a 1st tone, then guāng with a 1st 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, 观光 is written 觀光. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanguang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 观光 from the suggestions. Typing guanguang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
观光 is an HSK 6 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.