verb / noun HSK 3
Traditional 旅遊
to travel · to tour · tourism
Meaning
旅游 means to travel for leisure or sightseeing purposes. It refers to going somewhere for pleasure rather than business or necessity. The word emphasizes recreational travel and experiencing new places.
Usage
旅游 is used in both casual and formal contexts to describe vacation travel and tourism activities. It commonly appears with destinations (去...旅游) or in phrases about the tourism industry. Native speakers often distinguish 旅游 (leisure travel) from 出差 (business trip).
Examples
- 01我打算明年去日本旅游。.I plan to travel to Japan next year.
- 02这个城市的旅游业发展得很快。.This city's tourism industry is developing very quickly.
Characters
Measure words
- 次一次旅游
Common collocations
- 去旅游to go traveling
- 旅游景点tourist attraction
- 旅游业tourism industry
- 出国旅游to travel abroad
Antonyms
Origin
旅 originally meant a military unit or troops on the move, which extended to mean travel. 游 means to swim or wander freely. Together they suggest leisurely wandering or recreational travel.