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游

yóu

HSK 2 Character

What 游 means

1. to swim
2. variant of {游|yóu}

Other readings

游 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yóuto walk; to tour; to roam
• Yóusurname You

Example sentences

• 鱼能游。
  A fish can swim.
• 釜底游鱼。
  Fǔdǐyóuyú.
  A fish out of water.
• 我打游戏。
  I play video games.
• 他会游泳。
  He knows how to swim.
• 我会游泳。
  I'm able to swim.
• 我是游客。
  I am a tourist.

Words starting with 游

• 游泳yóu yǒngswimming; to swim
• 游戏yóu xìgame; to play
• 游览yóu lǎnto go sightseeing; to tour; to visit
• 游客yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player
• 游行yóu xíngto march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around…
• 游人yóu réna tourist
• 游记yóu jìtravel notes
• 游玩yóu wánto amuse oneself; to have fun; to go sightseeing
• 游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool
• 游击队yóu jī duìguerrilla band
• 游荡yóu dàngto wander; to roam about; to loaf about
• 游走yóu zǒuto wander about; to roam; to move back and forth between…
• 游子yóu zǐperson living or traveling far from home
• 游艇yóu tǐngbarge; yacht
• 游学yóu xuéto study away from home or abroad (old)
• 游船yóu chuánpleasure boat; cruise ship
• 游戏机yóu xì jīvideo game machine; video game console
• 游击yóu jīguerrilla warfare
• 游离yóu líto disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective)
• 游牧yóu mùnomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad
• 游历yóu lìto tour; to travel
• 游说yóu shuìto lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product)
• 游乐场yóu lè chǎngplayground
• 游乐yóu lèto amuse oneself; recreation

Words containing 游

• 旅游lǚ yóutrip; journey; tourism
• 导游dǎo yóutour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour
• 上游shàng yóuupper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon
• 出游chū yóuto go on a tour; to have an outing
• 漫游màn yóuto travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming
• 旅游业lǚ yóu yètourism industry
• 旅游者lǚ yóu zhětourist; traveler; visitor
• 下游xià yóulower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon
• 西游记Xī yóu jì"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吴承恩
• 旅游团lǚ yóu tuántour group
• 周游zhōu yóuto travel around; to tour; to cross
• 梦游mèng yóuto sleepwalk; to journey in a dream
• 郊游jiāo yóuto go for an outing; to go on an excursion
• 中游zhōng yóuthe middle stretches of a river; middle level; middle echelon
• 春游chūn yóuspring outing; spring excursion
• 环游huán yóuto travel around (the world, a country etc)
• 遨游áo yóuto travel; to go on a tour; to roam
• 神游shén yóuto go on a mental journey
• 电子游戏diàn zǐ yóu xìcomputer and video games
• 夜游yè yóuto go to some place at night; to take a night trip to (a place); to sleepwalk
• 陆游Lù YóuLu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
• 云游yún yóuto wander (typically of an errant priest)
• 巡游xún yóuto cruise; to patrol
• 无业游民wú yè yóu mínunemployed person; vagrant; rogue

Characters that look like 游

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

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 湃pàiused in 澎湃
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由to follow; from; because of; due to
• 邮post (office); mail
• 尤outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault
• 油oil; fat; grease
• 犹as if; (just) like; just as
• 疣nodule; wart
• 铀uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 猷to plan; to scheme
• 鱿(bound form) squid
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied