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旅行lǚ xíngto travel

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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. 1.

    to travelverb

  2. 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?

  1. 我想去中国旅行。

    Wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó lǚxíng.

    I want to travel to China.

  2. 这次旅行很有意思。

    Zhè cì lǚxíng hěn yǒu yìsi.

    This trip is very interesting.

  3. 他们明年想去旅行。

    Tāmen míngnián xiǎng qù lǚxíng.

    They want to go traveling next year.

How is 旅行 used in a conversation?

  1. 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?

  2. 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.

  3. Speaker A:

    你们想去哪儿?

    Nǐmen xiǎng qù nǎr?

    Where do you want to go?

  4. 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.