A polite visit or call made to inquire after someone's well-being, often to maintain good relations. The honorific prefix ご makes it more formal than 機嫌伺い.
See also: 機嫌伺い
I paid a courtesy call on my new department head.
取引先へのご機嫌伺いを忘れないように。
Don't forget to make a courtesy visit to the client.
Same meaning but without the honorific prefix ご, making it less formal and suitable for casual or neutral contexts.
Standard polite spelling with honorific prefix ご.
Formal variant using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix.
Abbreviated spelling omitting the okurigana い; less common.
Formal abbreviated spelling; rarely used.
Compound of ご (honorific prefix) + 機嫌 (mood, health) + 伺い (inquiry, visit). The expression is a polite set phrase for a social call.