游泳 yóuyǒng to swim
How to remember 游泳: 游 tour + 泳 swim = to swim.
Characters
How it is used
- To swim - 我每天游泳 (wǒ měitiān yóuyǒng) I swim every day.
- Verb-object compound, so it splits: 游了一会儿泳 (yóu le yíhuìr yǒng) swam for a while; don't add another object after it.
- 游泳 is the activity/sport; 游 alone is the bare verb of moving through water.
Example sentences
- 我要游泳。 Wǒyào yóuyǒng.I'll swim.
- 我不敢游泳。 Wǒ bù gǎn yóuyǒng.I'm afraid to swim.
- 花园中有一个游泳池。 Huāyuán zhōng yǒu yī gè yóuyǒngchí.There's a swimming pool in the garden.