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Different words to say 'tourist' in Chinese
In the dictionary there are too many words meaning 'tourist':
旅游的人 lǚyóuderén
观光者 guānguāngzhě
旅行家 lǚxíngjiā
游览者 yóulǎnzhě
观光客 guānguāngkè
旅游者 lǚyóuzhě
游客 yóukè
Some of them are probably used slightly differently from each other. How would you discriminate between them?
Jun 9, 2016 11:35 AM
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旅游的人 - people who travel. Quite colloquial expression.
观光者 - people who go sightseeing.
旅行家 - (professional) travelers. People who travel as their professions.
游览者 - people who go traveling. seldom used.
观光客 - guests who go sightseeing. Mostly used by hosts and sponsors.
旅游者 - tourists.
游客 - tourists. The most official and common expression.
June 9, 2016
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To make up a little, 旅游的人 is the most oral and common use.
June 9, 2016
The mainly mean of “tourist"is"游客”
June 17, 2016
Yes. All these words mean tourist.
旅行家 means person who travels very often.
The rests are almost same meaning. And 游客 is offen used in oral speaking.
June 9, 2016
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