境外游

境外遊

jìngwàiyóu

noun

Meanings

1 overseas travel
2 travel outside the country

Characters

border, territory

Examples

近年来中国的境外游人数大幅增长。

Jìnniánlái Zhōngguó de jìngwàiyóu rénshù dàfú zēngzhǎng.

In recent years China's overseas tourist numbers have grown sharply.

境外游需要办签证。

Jìngwàiyóu xūyào bàn qiānzhèng.

Overseas travel requires getting a visa.

他们更喜欢境外游。

Tāmen gèng xǐhuān jìngwàiyóu.

They prefer traveling abroad.

Tips

usage

境外 literally 'outside the border' — in PRC usage this includes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as well as foreign countries, a deliberately broader category than 国外 (guówài, foreign). Near-synonym 出境游 emphasizes the act of departing.

Stroke Order

境 jìng

外 wài

游 yóu