旅行lǚ xíngto travel
旅行 (lǚ xíng) means "to travel" and also names a "journey" or "trip." It is used for going somewhere for pleasure or a visit, as in 去中国旅行 (to travel to China), and as a noun in phrases like 这次旅行 (this trip). Trips are counted with 次.
What does 旅行 mean?
- 1.
to travelverb
- 2.
journey; tripnoun
What do the characters in 旅行 mean?
- 旅to travel
- 行(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
How do you use 旅行?
旅行 can follow 去 + place, as in 去北京旅行, and can also be a noun after 这次 or 一次.
Patterns
去 + place + 旅行
我们去上海旅行吧。
Wǒmen qù Shànghǎi lǚxíng ba.
Let's travel to Shanghai.
What are some examples of 旅行 in a sentence?
How is 旅行 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
放假的时候你想做什么?
Fàngjià de shíhou nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?
What do you want to do during the holiday?
- Speaker B:
我想和家人一起去旅行。
Wǒ xiǎng hé jiārén yìqǐ qù lǚxíng.
I want to go on a trip with my family.
- Speaker A:
你们想去哪儿?
Nǐmen xiǎng qù nǎr?
Where do you want to go?
- Speaker B:
去上海,我们坐火车去。
Qù Shànghǎi, wǒmen zuò huǒchē qù.
Shanghai. We'll go by train.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.