HSK 4 · Transport

旅行 lǚxíng “to travel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 旅行 means

  1. to travel
  2. trip
  3. journey

Measure word 趟 tàng or 次 cì · 一趟旅行 yí tàng lǚxíng

How to say 旅行

    旅行 in a sentence

    1. 她是跟她朋友一起去旅行的。

      Tā shì gēn tā péngyou yìqǐ qù lǚxíng de.

      She went travelling with her friend.

      Sentence #2737433 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 你们经常旅行吗?

      Nǐmen jīngcháng lǚxíng ma?

      Do you travel a lot?

      Sentence #717169 from Tatoeba

    3. 他们的旅行因为下雨延期了。

      Tāmen de lǚxíng yīnwèi xiàyǔ yánqī le.

      Their trip was postponed because of the rain.

      Sentence #475530 from Tatoeba

    How 旅行 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 旅 (lǚ) drawn as one shape
    旅lǚtrip

    旅 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    The character 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
    行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
    • 彳step · chì
    • 亍to take small steps · chù

    Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

    How to write 旅行

    旅 10 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

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

    Words related to 旅行

    Words with 旅

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    FAQs

    旅行 (lǚxíng) means “to travel” or “trip”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it lǚxíng: lǚxíng. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 旅行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Use 趟 (tàng) or 次 (cì). For example, one to travel is 一趟旅行 (yí tàng lǚxíng).
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旅行 from the suggestions. Typing luxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    旅行 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.