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Yóu

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Yóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yóu | You2
English translation
surname You
to swim
variant of yóu
> Yóu [yóu]
to walk
to tour
to roam
to travel
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam

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About Yóu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yóu

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To swim freely  yóu through the seas  shuǐ

Etymology of Yóu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵斿

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using Yóu

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导游 dǎoyóu : zài yǎng xīn 殿 diàn de Dōng .

It is in the east chamber of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

因为 yīnwèi 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn qíng ,昨天 zuótiān 短途出游 chū yóu 进入 jìn rù 高峰 gāofēng .

Because the weather turned fine yesterday, also entered the peak short - distance travel.

游隼 yóu sǔn 捕到鸟类 niǎo lèi 猎物 liè wù shí ,通常 tōngcháng shì xiān 拔掉 bá diào 它们 tā men de 羽毛 yǔ máo , zài ròu 撕下 lái .

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

孩子 háizi men zài 人行道 rén xíng dào shǎng 划出方格 fāng gé , zuò 跳房子 tiào fáng zi de 游戏 yóuxì .

The children squared off the sidewalk to play hopscotch.

他们 tā men shuí méi gǎo dào 旅游 lǚyóu 指南 zhǐ nán .

None of them has got a handbook to tourists.

Words with Yóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
游戏 yóuxì game遊戲
旅游 lǚyóu trip旅遊
Yóu to walk yóu
游泳 yóuyǒng swimming游泳 yóuyǒng
游客 yóu kè traveler遊客
游行 yóu xíng march遊行
游泳池 yóu yǒng chí swimming pool游泳池 yóu yǒng chí
游艇 yóu tǐng barge遊艇
上游 shàngyóu upper level上游 shàngyóu
游荡 yóu dàng to wander遊蕩
导游 dǎoyóu tour guide導遊
下游 xià yóu lower level下游 xià yóu
游览 yóulǎn to tour遊覽
旅游业 lǚ yóu yè tourism industry旅遊業
游戏机 yóu xì jī video game遊戲機
出游 chū yóu to go on a tour出遊
环游 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc)環遊
漫游 màn yóu to roam漫遊
游击队 yóu jī duì guerrilla band遊擊隊
游离 yóu lí to disassociate遊離
游玩 yóu wán to have fun遊玩
梦游 mèng yóu to sleepwalk夢遊
周游 zhōu yóu to tour周遊
游人 yóu rén a tourist遊人
游说 yóu shuì to lobby遊說

Yóu Decomposition & Compounds

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Yóu Decomposition

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