游客
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
游客 (yóukè) · tourist
游客 (yóukè) means “tourist; visitor”. It is written with 2 characters: 游 (to tour) + 客 (guest). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 游客 is built
The characters
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)
客 kè · guest
What 客 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的游客很多。Zhèlǐ de yóukè hěn duō.There are many tourists here.
游客可以进去吗？Yóukè kěyǐ jìnqù ma?Can tourists go in?
Questions about 游客
What does 游客 mean?
游客 (yóukè) means “tourist; visitor”.
How do you pronounce 游客?
游客 is pronounced yóukè.
Which HSK level is 游客?
游客 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 旅游lǚyóuto travel
- 游戏yóuxìgame
- 游泳yóuyǒngto swim
- 导游dǎoyóutour guide
- 游览yóulǎnto go sightseeing
- 上游shàngyóuupper reaches of a river
- 游玩yóuwánto go sightseeing
- 游yóuto tour
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 顾客gùkècustomer
Learn 游客 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 58: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.