导游
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
导游 (dǎoyóu) · tour guide
导游 (dǎoyóu) means “tour guide”. It is written with 2 characters: 导 (to direct) + 游 (to tour). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 导游 is built
The characters
导 dǎo · to direct
What 导 is made of
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
游 yóu · to tour
What 游 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 斿yóu — to swim
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 方fāng — square
Origin hint: To swim freely 斿 through the seas 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
导游带我们参观了博物馆。Dǎoyóu dài wǒmen cānguān le bówùguǎn.The tour guide showed us around the museum.
你的工作是导游吗？Nǐ de gōngzuò shì dǎoyóu ma?Do you work as a tour guide?
Questions about 导游
What does 导游 mean?
导游 (dǎoyóu) means “tour guide”.
How do you pronounce 导游?
导游 is pronounced dǎoyóu.
Which HSK level is 导游?
导游 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 导演dǎoyǎndirector
- 领导lǐngdǎoleader
- 指导zhǐdǎoto guide
- 导致dǎozhìto lead to
- 引导yǐndǎoto guide
- 辅导fǔdǎoto tutor
- 倡导chàngdǎoto advocate
- 导弹dǎodànmissile
- 导航dǎohángnavigation
- 导向dǎoxiàngdirection
Learn 导游 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 66: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.