旅行社 (lǚ xíng shè) — travel agency | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A company that sells and arranges trips — not the trip itself (旅程/旅途) and not the traveler (旅客).

noun

travel agency

Measure word · 家

旅行社。
Wǒ zài zhè jiā lǚ xíng shè dìng le jī piào.
I booked a plane ticket at this travel agency.
旅行社？
Nǐ rèn shi hǎo de lǚ xíng shè ma?
Do you know any good travel agencies?
旅行社。
Wǒ men tōng guò lǚ xíng shè ān pái le yí cì lǚ xíng.
We arranged a trip through the travel agency.

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.

旅行travel

联合Coordinate

社shèorganization

The idea of 旅行 (travel) combines with 社 (organization) to name an agency arranging travel.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

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