旅行

Chinese

trip; travel
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(旅行)

Pronunciation


Verb

旅行

  1. to go on a trip; to travel; to tour
    孩子旅行 / 孩子旅行   dài háizi qù lǚxíng   to travel with kids
    美妙旅行   měimiào de lǚxíng   intriguing journey
  2. (archaic) to travel as a group

Synonyms

  • (go on a trip):

Usage notes

旅行 (lǚxíng) is used when any sense of travel is implied, while 旅遊旅游 (lǚyóu) is used to convey the sense of travelling for the purpose of leisure (e.g. sight-seeing).

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旅行):

See also

References


Japanese

Kanji in this term
りょ
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/rjokau//rjokɔː//rjokoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 旅行 (ljoX hæng, literally to travel + to walk). Compare modern Hakka reading lî-hàng, Min Nan readings lí-hêng, lú-hêng.

Pronunciation

Noun

旅行 (hiragana りょこう, rōmaji ryokō, historical hiragana りょかう)

  1. travel, a trip, a journey, a voyage, a tour
    夏休 (なつやす)みには (りょ) (こう) ()こう。
    Natsuyasumi ni wa ryokō ni ikō.
    Let's go on a trip for summer vacation.

Verb

旅行する (intransitive, hiragana りょこうする, rōmaji ryokō suru, historical hiragana りょかうする)

  1. to travel, to journey, to go on a trip, to go for a voyage, to tour
     (かれ)家族 (かぞく) (りょ) (こう)したいようだ。
    Kare wa kazoku to ryokō shitai yō da.
    It seems that he wants to travel with his family.

Conjugation

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

旅行 (yeohaeng) (hangeul 여행)

  1. Hanja form? of 여행 (trip, journey, travel, voyage, tour).
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