旅人

lǚrén
noun #22,728

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 traveler
  2. 2 wayfarer
  3. 3 a person on a journey

Examples

Gūdú de lǚrén zài yuèguāng xià mànbù.
A solitary traveler strolled in the moonlight.
Gǔshī zhōng cháng yòng lǚrén lái biǎodá sīxiāng zhī qíng.
Classical poetry often uses the image of a traveler to express homesickness.

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旅人 is a literary or poetic word. In everyday speech, 旅行者 or 旅客 is more common. 旅人 evokes a sense of solitude and longing, common in classical Chinese and Japanese literature.

Stroke Order

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