旅游团 (lǚ yóu tuán) — tour group | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tour group

Measure word · 个

Examples

旅游团。
Wǒ cān jiā le yí gè lǚ yóu tuán qù běi jīng lǚ yóu.
I joined a tour group to travel to Beijing.
旅游团。
Zhè ge lǚ yóu tuán yǒu èr shí gè yóu kè.
This tour group has twenty tourists.
旅游团。
Tā men gēn lǚ yóu tuán yì qǐ qù yún nán wán le yí gè xīng qī.
They went with a tour group to Yunnan and played for a week.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

旅游travel

旅lǚtravel游yóutour

联合Coordinate

旅 and 游 both point to traveling, while 团 gives the group they form.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

㫃㫃㫃flag
从从cóngtwo people

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

斿

斿yóu游yóu

Same sound today

游 combines 水 (water) with 斿, which gives the sound yóu and also relates to travelling.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

囗專團

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān團tuán

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

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