HSK 2 · Common Verbs

旅游 lǚyóu “to travel” in Chinese

Traditional 旅遊

What 旅游 means

  1. to travel
  2. trip
  3. journey
  4. tourism
  5. tour

How to say 旅游

    旅游 in a sentence

    1. 我们打算下个月去旅游。

      Wǒmen dǎsuàn xià ge yuè qù lǚyóu.

      We’re planning to go travelling next month.

      Sentence #8761472 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 明年他要去国外旅游。

      Míngnián tā yào qù guówài lǚyóu.

      He’s going to travel overseas next year.

      Sentence #415641 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 你什么时候旅游回来的啊？

      Nǐ shénme shíhou lǚyóu huílai de a?

      When did you get back from your trip?

      Sentence #336583 from Tatoeba

    How 旅游 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 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.

    How to write 旅游

    旅 10 strokes · 游 12 strokes

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

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

    Words related to 旅游

    Words with 旅

    旅行lǚxíng · to travel

    Words with 游

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

    More words: Common Verbs

    让ràng · to let笑xiào · to laugh跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance唱歌chànggē · to sing游泳yóuyǒng · to swim完wán · to finish准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)

    FAQs

    旅游 (lǚyóu) means “to travel” or “trip”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
    Say it lǚyóu: lǚyóu. 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, 旅游 is written 旅遊. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luyou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旅游 from the suggestions. Typing luyou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    旅游 is an HSK 2 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.