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泳

yǒng

HSK 2 Character

What 泳 means

1. swimming
2. to swim

Example sentences

• 他会游泳。
  He knows how to swim.
• 我会游泳。
  I'm able to swim.
• 我要游泳。
  I'll swim.
• 我想游泳。
  I wanted to swim.
• 你会游泳吗?
  Can you swim?
• 你能游泳吗？
  Can you swim?

Words starting with 泳

• 泳装yǒng zhuāngswimsuit
• 泳池yǒng chíswimming pool
• 泳儿Yǒng ÉrVincy Chan, Hong Kong female singer
• 泳将yǒng jiàngchampion swimmer; swimming star
• 泳衣yǒng yīswimsuit; bathing suit
• 泳镜yǒng jìngswimming goggles
• 泳裤yǒng kùswim trunks
• 泳帽yǒng màoswimming cap
• 泳姿yǒng zīswimming style; swimming stroke

Words containing 泳

• 游泳yóu yǒngswimming; to swim
• 游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool
• 游泳馆yóu yǒng guǎnindoor swimming pool; natatorium
• 游泳衣yóu yǒng yīswimsuit; bathing costume
• 捷泳jié yǒng(Taiwan) (swimming) the crawl (front crawl stroke)
• 潜泳qián yǒngdiving; esp. skin diving
• 背泳bèi yǒng(Hong Kong) backstroke
• 电泳diàn yǒngelectrophoresis
• 混合泳hùn hé yǒngmedley (swimming)
• 自由泳zì yóu yǒngfreestyle swimming
• 花式游泳huā shì yóu yǒng(Taiwan) synchronized swimming
• 花样游泳huā yàng yóu yǒngsynchronized swimming
• 连体泳衣lián tǐ yǒng yīone-piece swimsuit
• 游泳镜yóu yǒng jìngswimming goggles
• 仰泳yǎng yǒngbackstroke
• 游泳圈yóu yǒng quānswim ring; swim tube; (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
• 高叉泳装gāo chā yǒng zhuānghigh leg swimsuit
• 爬泳pá yǒng(swimming) the crawl (front crawl stroke)
• 裸泳luǒ yǒngto swim naked; to skinny-dip
• 蝶泳dié yǒngbutterfly stroke (swimming)
• 蛙泳wā yǒngbreaststroke (swimming)
• 金泳三Jīn Yǒng sānKim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998
• 北京国家游泳中心Běi jīng Guó jiā Yóu yǒng Zhōng xīnBeijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• 游泳裤yóu yǒng kùsee 泳裤

Characters that look like 泳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 沐mùto bathe; to cleanse; to receive

Sounds the same

Read yǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 踊leap
• 咏to sing
• 蛹chrysalis; pupa
• 恿used in 怂恿
• 俑wooden figures buried with the dead
• 甬path screened by walls on both sides
• 禜sacrifice
• 埇raised path
• 栐(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏