旅行

Chinese

trip; travel
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; 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

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).

Synonyms

  • (to go on a trip):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旅行):
  • Japanese: 旅行(りょこう) (ryokō)
  • Korean: 여행(旅行) (yeohaeng)
  • Vietnamese: lữ hành (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

(りょ)(こう) • (ryokōりよかう (ryokau)?

  1. travel, a trip, a journey, a voyage, a tour
    (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.

Derived terms

Verb

(りょ)(こう)する • (ryokō suruりょかう (ryokau)?intransitive suru (stem (りょ)(こう) (ryokō shi), past (りょ)(こう)した (ryokō shita))

  1. to travel, to journey, to go on a trip, to go for a voyage, to tour
    (かれ)()(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

Conjugation of "旅行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 旅行し りょこうし ryokō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 旅行し りょこうし ryokō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 旅行する りょこうする ryokō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 旅行する りょこうする ryokō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 旅行すれ りょこうすれ ryokō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 旅行せよ¹
旅行しろ²
りょこうせよ¹
りょこうしろ²
ryokō seyo¹
ryokō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 旅行される りょこうされる ryokō sareru
Causative 旅行させる
旅行さす
りょこうさせる
りょこうさす
ryokō saseru
ryokō sasu
Potential 旅行できる りょこうできる ryokō dekiru
Volitional 旅行しよう りょこうしよう ryokō shiyō
Negative 旅行しない りょこうしない ryokō shinai
Negative continuative 旅行せず りょこうせず ryokō sezu
Formal 旅行します りょこうします ryokō shimasu
Perfective 旅行した りょこうした ryokō shita
Conjunctive 旅行して りょこうして ryokō shite
Hypothetical conditional 旅行すれば りょこうすれば ryokō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

旅行 • (yeohaeng) (hangeul 여행)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

旅行

  1. chữ Hán form of lữ hành (to travel)