泳 (yǒng): swimming, to swim
泳 (yǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “swimming.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 永 (phonetic). It ranks #2497 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泳 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- swimming
- to swim
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 泳
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游泳池noun | yóu yǒng chí | swimming pool |
| 泳池noun | yǒng chí | swimming pool |
| 泳装noun | yǒng zhuāng | swimsuit |
| 泳衣noun | yǒng yī | swimsuit |
| 游泳衣noun | yóu yǒng yī | swimsuit |
| 自由泳noun | zì yóu yǒng | freestyle swimming |
| 游泳馆noun | yóu yǒng guǎn | indoor swimming pool |
| 蛙泳noun | wā yǒng | breaststroke (swimming) |
| 仰泳noun | yǎng yǒng | backstroke |
| 蝶泳noun | dié yǒng | butterfly stroke (swimming) |
| 花样游泳noun | huā yàng yóu yǒng | synchronized swimming |
| 电泳noun | diàn yǒng | electrophoresis |
| 潜泳verb | qián yǒng | diving |
| 金泳三 | jīn yǒng sān | Kim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998 |
| 混合泳 | hùn hé yǒng | medley (swimming) |
泳 appears in 33 compound words: 27 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 泳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
自信是成功的关键，我们要相信自己的能力。
Zìxìn shì chénggōng de guānjiàn, wǒmen yào xiāngxìn zìjǐ de nénglì.
Self-confidence is the key to success; we must believe in our own abilities.
杨偲泳不满《夜王》性感戏份被删 凭歌寄意表达心...
yáng 偲 yǒng bù mǎn yè wáng xìng gǎn xì fèn bèi shān píng gē jì yì biǎo dá xīn . . .
Yang Siyong was dissatisfied with the deletion of the sexy scene of "The Night King" and expressed her heart with songs...
...港姐旅游叹阳光与海滩百变水着大解放 蕾丝泳衣晒玲珑有致身材
. . . gǎng jiě lǚ yóu tàn yáng guāng yǔ hǎi tān bǎi biàn shuǐ zhe dà jiě fàng lěi sī yǒng yī shài 玲 珑 yǒu zhì shēn cái
... Miss Hong Kong travels and sighs at the sun and beach, the ever-changing swimsuit is liberated, and the lace swimsuit is exquisitely shaped
港鐵(00066.HK)屯門南延綫項目游泳池重置工程完成 釋出土地全面進行第16區...
gǎng 鐵 . tún 門 nán yán 綫 項 mù yóu yǒng chí chóng zhì gōng chéng wán chéng 釋 chū tǔ dì quán miàn 進 háng dì 區 . . .
MTR Corporation (00066.HK) Completes Swimming Pool Relocation Project for Tuen Mun South Extension Line, Freeing Up Land for Full Development of Area 16...
海皇路站喺邊?升級新屯門泳池今開放 輕鐵站將改名|屯門南延綫
hǎi huáng lù zhàn 喺 邊 ? shēng 級 xīn tún 門 yǒng chí jīn 開 fàng 輕 鐵 zhàn 將 gǎi míng tún 門 nán yán 綫
Where is the Ocean King Road station? The newly upgraded New Tuen Mun Swimming Pool is now open. The light rail station will be renamed. | Tuen Mun South Extension
夜王—楊偲泳性感鏡頭疑遭刻意刪減 公開絕密福利照憑歌...
yè wáng 楊 偲 yǒng xìng gǎn 鏡 頭 yí zāo kè yì 刪 減 gōng 開 絕 mì fú lì zhào 憑 gē . . .
Night King - Mustachioed Young's Sexy Shots Suspected to be Deleted...
汤姆真的不会游泳吗？
Tāngmǔ zhēnde bù huì yóuyǒng ma?
Is it true Tom can't swim?
泳池是对公众开放的。
Yǒngchí shì duì gōngzhòng kāifàng de.
The swimming pool is open to the public.
你可以去游泳或者钓鱼。
Nǐ kěyǐ qù yóuyǒng huòzhě diàoyú.
You may go swimming or fishing.
有些宝宝甚至在一岁之前就学习游泳了。
Yǒuxiē bǎobǎo shènzhì zài yī suì zhīqián jiùxué xí yóuyǒng le.
Some babies learn to swim even before they are one year old.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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