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游泳 yóuyǒng

游泳 yóuyǒng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 游泳 yóuyǒng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yóuyǒng | you2 yong3
English translation
swimming
to swim

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About 游泳 yóuyǒng

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Traditional form

游泳 yóuyǒng
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Etymology of 游泳 yóuyǒng

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Yóu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

氵斿

Number of Strokes

12
yǒng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵永

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 游泳 yóuyǒng

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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.

游泳 yóuyǒng Decomposition

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游泳 yóuyǒng Compounds

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