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): ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄤ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄤ
  - 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

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

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)
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)

hanja form^? of 관광 (“tourism”)