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yǒng

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yǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǒng | yong3
English translation
swimming
to swim
to swim, to dive

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About yǒng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

yǒng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵永

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yǒng

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Jiào 游泳 yóuyǒng .

He coaches me to swim.

游泳 yóuyǒng shí zuì hǎo 稳当 wěn dang 一些 yī xiē ,不要 bù yào 离岸 lí àn tài yuǎn .

When you are swimming, it's best to play It'safe and not go too far from the shore.

tài shēn , Néng 游泳 yóuyǒng .

The river is too deep to allow of swimming.

Bié 这样 zhè yàng luàn huá luàn dēng , yāo 采用 cǎi yòng 正确 zhèngquè de 游泳 yóuyǒng 姿势 zīshì .

Don't fling your arms and legs around like that. Make the proper swimming strokes.

zhè míng 游泳 yóuyǒng zhě de 成绩 chéngjì bèi 测定 cè dìng wéi 十点五零秒.

The swimmer was timed at 50 sec.

Words with yǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
游泳 yóuyǒng swimming游泳 yóuyǒng
游泳池 yóu yǒng chí swimming pool游泳池 yóu yǒng chí
yǒng swimming yǒng
泳池 yǒng chí swimming pond泳池 yǒng chí
泳装 yǒng zhuāng swimsuit泳裝
泳衣 yǒng yī swimsuit泳衣 yǒng yī
电泳 diàn yǒng electrophoresis電泳
自由泳 zì yóu yǒng freestyle swimming自由泳 zì yóu yǒng
蛙泳 wā yǒng breaststroke (swimming)蛙泳 wā yǒng
游泳馆 yóu yǒng guǎn swimming pool游泳館
蝶泳 dié yǒng butterfly stroke (swimming)蝶泳 dié yǒng
仰泳 yǎng yǒng backstroke仰泳 yǎng yǒng
游泳衣 yóu yǒng yī swimsuit游泳衣 yóu yǒng yī
混合泳 hùn hé yǒng medley (swimming)混合泳 hùn hé yǒng
泳裤 yǒng kù swim trunks泳褲
金泳三 Jīn Yǒng sān Kim Young-sam (1927-), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998金泳三 Jīn Yǒng sān
潜泳 qián yǒng diving潛泳
花样游泳 huā yàng yóu yǒng synchronized swimming花樣游泳
游泳裤 yóu yǒng kù swim trunks游泳褲
泳帽 yǒng mào swimming cap泳帽 yǒng mào
爬泳 pá yǒng crawl (swimming stroke)爬泳 pá yǒng

yǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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yǒng Decomposition

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