遊 (jau4 | you2) : travel; play; amusement

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遊

jau4

you2

[1] travel; tour; march | [variant] 游
[2] play; amusement
[3] befriend; associate with

游 is also a traditional variant as well as simplified equivalent of 遊.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

遊 / 游

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Mar 2011 01:00

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旅遊 leoi5 jau4 lv3 you2 = travel, tour

電子遊戲 din6 zi2 jau4 hei3 = video game

遊戲卡 jau4 hei3 kaat1 you2 xi4 ka3 = playing cards 國

遊戲咭 jau4 hei3 kaat1 = playing cards 粵

遊客 jau4 haak3 you2 ke4 = tourist; visitor; traveller

遊覽 jau4 laam5 you2 lan3 = to go sightseeing

遊行 jau4 haang4 you2 xing2 = march

遊人 jau4 jan4 = tourist; visitor

郊遊 gaau1 jau4 jiao1 you2 = field trip; outing

遊蕩 jau4 dong6 you2 dang4 = to wander
See all 71 compounds (CantoDict reports 77 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 遊

我們來玩電腦遊戲吧! 國
Let's play video games!

佢哋係遊客粵
They're tourists.

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

今次環遊世界令我大開眼界粵
Traveling around the world really expanded my horizons.

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 遊
Unicode code for this character: U+904a (off-site link)

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