VocabularyHSK 3 · core

游泳

yóuyǒng

to swim

Part of speech · verb

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泳swim

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Examples

我喜欢游泳。
I like swimming.
夏天去海边游泳吧。
Let's go swimming at the beach this summer.

Collocations

学游泳会游泳游泳池

Mnemonic

游泳 yóuyǒng "to swim" — 游 + 泳, both meaning "swim through water". Reduplicated synonyms for emphasis. Same compound as Japanese 遊泳 (yūei) but the Chinese form is everyday usage.

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