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IDENTITY

yǒngto swim

HSK 2Top 1350

CORE MEANING

to swim

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to swim (in compounds)HSK2

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
water radical (shuǐ)
strokes
8
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰氵永
    • water
    • gives the sound yǒng

USAGE

Common words

游泳yóuyǒngto swim
泳衣yǒngyīswimsuit

Graded examples

  • 游泳对身体很好。Yóuyǒng duì shēntǐ hěn hǎo.HSK3

    Swimming is very good for health.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Water (氵) that never (永) ends — swimming in the long current.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#1350
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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