Chinese symbol for “tourist”
观光客
guān guāng kè
Traditional: 觀光客
tourist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tourist is 观光客 (guān guāng kè), defined as: tourist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tourist”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游人 (遊人) | yóu rén | a tourist |
| 旅游者 (旅遊者) | lǚ yóu zhě | tourist; traveler |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 旅客 | lǚ kè | traveler; tourist |
| 旅游客 (旅遊客) | lǚ yóu kè | a tourist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观光客.
| 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) |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tourist”.
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.