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)		旅	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǚxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лүщин (lüxin, II-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leoi⁵ hang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lui⁴ hang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lî-hàng / lí-hàng

  (Hailu, HRS): li^ˋ hang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li³ hang²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lír-hêng / lú-hêng / lí-hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² gian⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu-yin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔsíng
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-hsing²
    • Yale: lyǔ-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leushyng
    • Palladius: люйсин (ljujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лүщин (lüxin, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹ ɕiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ hang⁴
    • Yale: léuih hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ hɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lui⁴ hang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui²¹ haŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-hàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ hang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ hang²
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ haŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-hàng / lí-hàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ hang^ˇ / li^ˋ hang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ hang² / li³ hang²
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ haŋ¹¹/, /li³¹ haŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˋ hang
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³ haŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li³ hang²
    • Sinological IPA: /li³¹ haŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: lír-hîng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: lú-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'heeng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ heŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: lí-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'heeng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² gian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí kiâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶liu-yin
    • MiniDict: liu^去 yin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly-hhin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²² ɦin⁴⁴/

Verb

旅行

1. to go on a trip; to travel; to tour

   帶孩子去旅行／带孩子去旅行  ―  dài háizi qù lǚxíng  ―  to travel with kids

   美妙的旅行  ―  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):

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• 周遊 / 周游 (zhōuyóu) (to travel around)
• 嬉遊 / 嬉游 (xīyóu)
• 旅遊 / 旅游 (lǚyóu) (away from one's home for a particular purpose)
• 暢遊 / 畅游 (chàngyóu) (to enjoy a trip)
• 漫遊 / 漫游 (mànyóu) (to travel around)
• 觀光 / 观光 (guānguāng) (to sightsee)
• 走走 (zǒuzǒu) (figurative, colloquial)
• 巡遊 / 巡游 (xúnyóu) (to sightsee)
• 遊嫽 / 游嫽 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 遊歷 / 游历 (yóulì) (for inspiration, to enrich oneself, etc.)
• 遊玩 / 游玩 (yóuwán) (to sightsee)
• 遊覽 / 游览 (yóulǎn) (to sightsee)
• 遊逛 / 游逛 (yóuguàng) (to sightsee)
• 遨遊 / 遨游 (áoyóu) (for pleasure)

Derived terms

• 旅行團 / 旅行团 (lǚxíngtuán)
• 旅行家 (lǚxíngjiā)
• 旅行支票 (lǚxíng zhīpiào)
• 旅行社 (lǚxíngshè)
• 旅行箱 (lǚxíngxiāng)
• 旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě)
• 旅行車 / 旅行车 (lǚxíngchē)
• 旅行靴 (lǚxíngxuē)

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

• 乘客 (chéngkè)
• 旅客 (lǚkè)

References

• “旅行”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旅	行
りょ Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/rjokau/ → /rjokɔː/ → /rjokoː/

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ko̞ː]
• (Tokyo) りょこー [ryòkóó] (Heiban – [0])

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 旅行する

Plain	旅行する	りょこー・する	[ryòkóó sùrú]
Conjunctive	旅行して	りょこー・して	[ryòkóó shìté]
Perfective	旅行した	りょこー・した	[ryòkóó shìtá]
Negative	旅行しない	りょこー・しない	[ryòkóó shìnáí]
Negative perfective	旅行しなかった	りょこー・しなかった	[ryòkóó shìnáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional	旅行すれば	りょこー・すれば	[ryòkóó sùréꜜbà]
Past conditional	旅行したら	りょこー・したら	[ryòkóó shìtáꜜrà]
Imperative	旅行しろ 旅行せよ	りょこー・しろ りょこー・せよ	[ryòkóó shìró] [ryòkóó séꜜyò]
Volitional	旅行しよう	りょこー・しよー	[ryòkóó shìyóꜜò]
Desiderative	旅行したい	りょこー・したい	[ryòkóó shìtáí]
Formal	旅行します	りょこー・します	[ryòkóó shìmáꜜsù]
Formal negative	旅行しません	りょこー・しません	[ryòkóó shìmáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional	旅行しましょう	りょこー・しましょー	[ryòkóó shìmáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective	旅行しました	りょこー・しました	[ryòkóó shìmáꜜshìtà]
Continuative	旅行し 旅行しに	りょこー・し りょこー・しに	[ryòkóó shì] [ryòkóó shì ní]
Negative continuative	旅行せず 旅行せずに	りょこー・せず りょこー・せずに	[ryòkóó séꜜzù] [ryòkóó séꜜzù nì]
Passive	旅行される	りょこー・される	[ryòkóó sàrérú]
Causative	旅行させる 旅行さす	りょこー・させる りょこー・さす	[ryòkóó sàsérú] [ryòkóó sàsú]
Potential	旅行できる	りょこー・できる	[ryòkóó dèkíꜜrù]

Noun

旅(りょ)行(こう) • (ryokō) ^{←りよかう (ryokau)?}

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

   夏(なつ)休(やす)みには旅(りょ)行(こう)に行(い)こう。

   Natsuyasumi ni wa ryokō ni ikō.

   Let's go on a trip for summer vacation.

Derived terms

• 旅行者(りょこうしゃ) (ryokōsha)
• 旅行記(りょこうき) (ryokōki)
• 新婚旅行(しんこんりょこう) (shinkon ryokō)
• 修学旅行(しゅうがくりょこう) (shūgaku ryokō)

Related terms

• 旅(りょ)館(かん) (ryokan): a traditional Japanese inn

Verb

旅(りょ)行(こう)する • (ryokō suru) ^{←りょかう (ryokau)?}intransitive suru (stem 旅(りょ)行(こう)し (ryokō shi), past 旅(りょ)行(こう)した (ryokō shita))

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

   彼(かれ)は家(か)族(ぞく)と旅(りょ)行(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

• 旅(たび)する (tabi suru): to tour, to travel, to go on a trip

See also

• 出(しゅっ)張(ちょう) (shutchō): a business trip

References

• “旅行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
旅	行

Noun

旅行 • (yeohaeng) (hangeul 여행)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
旅	行

Verb

旅行

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