觀光

See also: 观光

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	light; ray; bright
trad. (觀光)		觀	光
simp. (观光)		观	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ gwong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kôn-kông

  (Hailu, HRS): gon^ˋ gong^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-kong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kuoe-kuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanguang
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: gwān-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanguang
    • Palladius: гуаньгуан (guanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: gūn gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˋ gong^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kon⁵³ koŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-kong
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koankofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuoe-kuaon
    • MiniDict: kuoe^平 kuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuoe-kuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø⁵⁵ kuɑ̃²¹/

Verb

觀光

1. to sightsee; to tour

   觀光團／观光团  ―  guānguāngtuán  ―  tour group

   觀光客／观光客  ―  guānguāngkè  ―  tourist

   每年都有不少遊客來桂林觀光。 [MSC, trad.]
   每年都有不少游客来桂林观光。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měinián dōu yǒu bùshào yóukè lái Guìlín guānguāng. [Pinyin]

   Every year a great number of tourists come to visit Guilin.

Synonyms

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• 周遊／周游 (zhōuyóu) (to travel around)
• 嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
• 旅行 (lǚxíng)
• 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)
• 走走 (zǒuzǒu) (figurative, colloquial)
• 巡遊／巡游 (xúnyóu) (to sightsee)
• 遊尞／游尞 (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

• 生態觀光／生态观光 (shēngtài guānguāng)
• 觀光團／观光团 (guānguāngtuán)
• 觀光客／观光客 (guānguāngkè)
• 觀光車／观光车 (guānguāngchē)
• 觀光農業／观光农业 (guānguāng nóngyè)
• 觀光電梯／观光电梯 (guānguāng diàntī)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (觀光):

• → Japanese: 観光(かんこう) (kankō)
• → Korean: 관광(觀光) (gwan'gwang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
觀	光
かん Hyōgai	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 觀光 – see the following entry.

【観光かんこう】 [noun] sightseeing [verb] to go sightseeing

(This term, 觀光, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
觀	光

Noun

觀光 • (gwan'gwang) (hangeul 관광)

1. hanja form^? of 관광 (“tourism”)