巡遊

Chinese

		to patrol; to make one's rounds	to roam; travel
trad. (巡遊)		巡	遊
simp. (巡游)		巡	游

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúnyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ jau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sûn-iû

(Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵ iu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúnyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúnyóu
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-yu²
  - Yale: syún-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunyou
  - Palladius: сюнью (sjunʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon⁴ jau⁴
  - Yale: chèuhn yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-iû
  - Tâi-lô: sûn-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sun'iuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² iu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sung⁵ iu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng iû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iu⁵⁵/

Verb

巡遊

to patrol (keep watch over an area by regularly walking or travelling around it)
to go sightseeing; to spend one's leisure time wandering around

Synonyms

(to patrol):

哨 (shào)
查巡 (cháxún)
巡查 (xúnchá)
巡邏 / 巡逻 (xúnluó)

(to go sightseeing):

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)
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)