How to say “travel agency” in Chinese

旅行社
lǚxíngshè

travel agency

noun · HSK 5 · topic “Leisure and experiences”

“Travel agency” in Chinese is 旅行社, lǚ xíng shè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

旅行社 is read lǚ xíng shè: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

lǚ — 3rd tonelow, dipping and rising a little
xíng — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
shè — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

旅
lǚ — travel, journey
行
xíng — go; be OK

Two readings: xíng in 自行车, and háng, “row, office”, in 银行.

社
shè — community, society

On the left, 礻 “altar”; on the right, 土 “earth”: the altar to the earth spirit where the community gathered.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “旅行社”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 旅行社. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 这次旅行是旅行社安排的。zhècìlǚxíngshìlǚxíngshèānpáideThis trip was arranged by a travel agency.
  • 旅行社帮我们安排了行程lǚxíngshèbāngwǒmenānpáilexíngchéngThe travel agency planned our itinerary for us.

More words from the lesson “Planning a trip”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “travel agency” in Chinese?

“Travel agency” in Chinese is 旅行社, pinyin lǚxíngshè.

What does 旅行社 mean?

旅行社 (lǚxíngshè) means “travel agency”.

How do you write 旅行社?

旅行社 is 3 characters: 旅 (lǚ) — travel, journey; 行 (xíng) — go; be OK; 社 (shè) — community, society. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 旅行社?

旅行社 is read lǚxíngshè. Tones: lǚ — third tone, xíng — second tone, shè — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.

“travel agency” in the lesson “Planning a trip”

This word is from the topic “Leisure and experiences” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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