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IDENTITY

yóuto swim; to travel

HSK 2Top 550

CORE MEANING

to swim; to travel

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to swimHSK2
  2. 2.to travelHSK3

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
water radical (shuǐ)
strokes
12
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰氵斿
    • water
    • gives the sound yóu (historical)

USAGE

Common words

游泳yóuyǒngto swim
旅游lǚyóuto travel
游戏yóuxìgame

Graded examples

  • 夏天我们去游泳。Xiàtiān wǒmen qù yóuyǒng.HSK2

    We go swimming in summer.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Moving in water (氵) like a streamer (斿) — swimming, roaming.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#550
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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