Today we’ll actually look at a theme instead and words associated with this theme. The theme for today is 旅游 (lǚ yóu) travel.
风景 (fēng jǐng) Scenery
The first word is 风景 (fēng jǐng) which means ‘scenery’. Let’s look at each character of this word, 风 means ‘wind’ and 景 means ‘view’. A way of using it in a sentence is 这里的风景很漂亮。(Zhèlǐ de fēngjǐng hěn piàoliang.) The scenery here is very beautiful.
合影 (hé yǐng) Group photo
Another word we can create related to 旅游 (lǚ yóu) is 合影 (hé yǐng). This is a noun that means group photo. 合 (hé) means ‘combined’ 影 means ‘image’. A way of using it in a sentence is 我有一张我们的合影。(Wǒ yǒu yī zhāng wǒmen de héyǐng.) I have a group photo of us.
结账 (jié zhàng) To pay the bill
Finally, we can create the word 结账 (jié zhàng) which means ‘to pay the bill’. A way of using it in a sentence is 我要结账。(Wǒ yào jiézhàng.) I want to pay the bill.