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
• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• 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

• 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 Hyōgaiji	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

觀(かん)光(こう) • (kankō) 

1. sightseeing

Verb

觀(かん)光(こう)する • (kankō suru) transitive suru (stem 觀(かん)光(こう)し (kankō shi), past 觀(かん)光(こう)した (kankō shita))

1. to go sightseeing

Conjugation

Conjugation of "觀光する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	觀光し	かんこうし	kankō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	觀光し	かんこうし	kankō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	觀光する	かんこうする	kankō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	觀光する	かんこうする	kankō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	觀光すれ	かんこうすれ	kankō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	觀光せよ¹ 觀光しろ²	かんこうせよ¹ かんこうしろ²	kankō seyo¹ kankō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	觀光される	かんこうされる	kankō sareru
Causative	觀光させる 觀光さす	かんこうさせる かんこうさす	kankō saseru kankō sasu
Potential	觀光できる	かんこうできる	kankō dekiru
Volitional	觀光しよう	かんこうしよう	kankō shiyō
Negative	觀光しない	かんこうしない	kankō shinai
Negative continuative	觀光せず	かんこうせず	kankō sezu
Formal	觀光します	かんこうします	kankō shimasu
Perfective	觀光した	かんこうした	kankō shita
Conjunctive	觀光して	かんこうして	kankō shite
Hypothetical conditional	觀光すれば	かんこうすれば	kankō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
觀	光

Noun

觀光 • (gwan'gwang) (hangeul 관광)

1. Hanja form^? of 관광 (“tourism”).