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Chinese symbol for “hotel”

旅馆
lǚ guǎn
Traditional: 旅館
hotel; measure word: 家 (jiā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hotel is 旅馆 (lǚ guǎn), defined as: hotel; measure word: 家 (jiā).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

旅 lǚ
journey, trip; to travel
radical 70 ⽅ · 10 strokes
馆 guǎn
public building; shop, house, establishment
radical 184 ⾷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hotel”

WordPinyinMeaning
旅社lǚ shèhotel; hostel
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)
饭店 (飯店)fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
宾馆 (賓館)bīn guǎnguesthouse; lodge
客栈 (客棧)kè zhàntavern; guest house

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旅馆.

WordPinyinMeaning
旅游 (旅遊)lǚ yóutrip; journey
旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip
旅客lǚ kètraveler; tourist
旅程lǚ chéngjourney; trip
旅游业 (旅遊業)lǚ yóu yètourism industry
博物馆 (博物館)bó wù guǎnmuseum
图书馆 (圖書館)tú shū guǎnlibrary; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
大使馆 (大使館)dà shǐ guǎnembassy; measure word: 座 (zuò), 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hotel”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.