旅人 (lǚ rén) — traveler, sojourner (one who lives away from home)

Definition

noun
travelersojourner (one who lives away from home)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 旅人
    Zhè wèi lǚ rén zài lǚ tú zhōng yù dào le hěn duō yǒu qù de rén.
    This traveler met many interesting people on the journey.
  • 旅人
    Tā zài guó wài zuò le duō nián de lǚ rén, hěn shǎo huí jiā.
    He has been a sojourner abroad for many years, rarely going home.
  • 旅人
    Gǔ dài hěn duō lǚ rén kào bù xíng zǒu biàn quán guó.
    Many ancient travelers traveled across the country on foot.

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.

travel
rénperson

旅 (travel) and 人 (person) combine to mean someone who travels or lives away from home.

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.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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