Chinese symbol for “tour”
观光
guān guāng
Traditional: 觀光
to tour; sightseeing; tourism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tour is 观光 (guān guāng), defined as: to tour; sightseeing; tourism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tour”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡演 | xún yǎn | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡回演出 (xún huí yǎn chū)) |
| 游历 (遊歷) | yóu lì | to tour; to travel |
| 巡回演出 (巡迴演出) | xún huí yǎn chū | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances |
| 参观 (參觀) | cān guān | to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around |
| 旅游 (旅遊) | lǚ yóu | trip; journey |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观看 (觀看) | guān kàn | to watch; to view |
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tour”.
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.