导游

• 拼音: dǎo yóu
• 汉字拆解: 导 = 道 simplified (way, path) + 寸 (measure); 游 = 氵(water) + 方 + 㫃 (travel, swim)

含义

Tour guide; to guide a tour. Refers to a person who leads tourists and explains sights, or the activity of guiding.

Can function as both a noun (the guide person) and a verb (the act of guiding tourists). Professional tour guides in China require certification. The word also covers self-guided touring when used as a verb, though this is less common.

例句

1. 我们的导游非常热情，给大家讲了很多当地的故事。
2. 她大学毕业后当了一名导游，经常带团去各地旅行。
3. 这次旅行没有请导游，我们自己看地图找路。

用法指南

语境: travel, tourism, work

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我们需要找一个会说英语的导游。(We need to find a tour guide who speaks English.)
• 导游带我们参观了故宫。(The tour guide took us to visit the Forbidden City.)

错误说法

• 把导游用于非旅游场景的引导 (Don't use 导游 for guiding in non-tourism contexts — use 引导 or 指导 instead)

起源与历史

导 means to guide or lead, and 游 means to tour or travel. Together they form 'one who guides travel' — a tour guide.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal