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游泳

yóu yǒng

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

游泳 (yóu yǒng) means "swimming". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 游泳 means

1. swimming
2. to swim

The characters in 游泳

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 泳yǒngswimming; 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 游泳

• 游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool
• 游泳馆yóu yǒng guǎnindoor swimming pool; natatorium
• 游泳衣yóu yǒng yīswimsuit; bathing costume
• 游泳镜yóu yǒng jìngswimming goggles
• 游泳圈yóu yǒng quānswim ring; swim tube; (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
• 游泳裤yóu yǒng kùsee 泳裤

Words containing 游泳

• 花式游泳huā shì yóu yǒng(Taiwan) synchronized swimming
• 花样游泳huā yàng yóu yǒngsynchronized swimming
• 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

Where 游泳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sports and Hobbies (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yóu yǒng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.