游泳

See also: 遊泳

Chinese

		to walk; to tour; to roam to walk; to tour; to roam; to swim; to travel	swimming; to swim
simp. and trad. (游泳)		游	泳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yóuyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): you² yun⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ wing⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-éng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-yung³
    • Yale: yóu-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youyeong
    • Palladius: ююн (jujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: you² yun⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iuwn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iəu²¹ yn²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ wing⁶
    • Yale: yàuh wihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ wing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ wing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ wɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-éng
    • Tâi-lô: iû-íng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'eang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ iɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

游泳

1. to swim

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 游泳 (“to swim”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		游泳, 游水, 洑水, 浮水, 泅水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	游泳, 洑水
	Taiwan	游泳
	Harbin	游泳, 洑水
	Malaysia	游泳
	Singapore	游泳
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	游泳, 浮水, 洑水, 洗澡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	游泳, 漤水兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	洑水, 洗澡 rural
	Wanrong	泭水
	Xi'an	浮水, 洗澡
	Xining	游泳
	Xuzhou	洗澡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	浮水
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	洗澡
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍水
	Lanzhou	洑水, 打澡, 洗澡兒
	Ürümqi	游泳, 洗澡兒, 浮水
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	游泳, 浮水, 洗澡
	Wuhan	游泳, 游水, 泅水, 玩水
	Guiyang	洗澡, 洑水, 游泳
	Liuzhou	游水, 洗大涼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	游泳, 游水
	Yangzhou	游泳, 游水, 洗澡
	Nantong	游水
	Hefei	洗澡, 划水
	Chuzhou	洗澡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	游水
	Hong Kong	游水
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	游水
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	游水
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	游水
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	游水
	Macau	游水
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	游水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	洗涼, 游水
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	游水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	洗身
	Foshan	游水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	湧水
	Foshan (Shunde)	湧水
	Foshan (Sanshui)	游水
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	游水
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	游水
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	游水
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	游水
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	游水
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	游水
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	游水
	Taishan	游水
	Kaiping (Chikan)	游水
	Enping (Niujiang)	游水
	Heshan (Yayao)	游水
	Dongguan	游水
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	游水
	Yangjiang	游水
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	游水
	Singapore (Guangfu)	游水
Gan	Nanchang	玩水, 泅水
	Lichuan	划水
	Pingxiang	洗冷水澡, 泅水
Hakka	Meixian	游水, 洗身仔, 泅水仔
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	洗溪身
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	洗溪身
	Fengshun (Pantian)	洗溪身
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	洗冷水身, 游水
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	游水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	游水
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	游水
	Liannan	洗冷水身
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	游泳
	Jiexi	泅水
	Changting	洗浴
	Wuping	洗身子
	Ninghua	打浮條
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泅水, 洗身仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	泅水仔, 洗身仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	泅水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	泅水, 泅身
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	泅水, 泅水仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泅水
	Hong Kong	游水
	Senai (Huiyang)	游水
	Kuching (Hepo)	游水
Jin	Taiyuan	耍水, 游泳
	Xinzhou	耍水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泅水, 洗浴, 游泳
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	泅水, 洗水
	Fuding	泅水
	Singapore (Fuqing)	泅水
Southern Min	Xiamen	泅水, 游泳
	Quanzhou	泅水, 游泳
	Zhangzhou	泅水, 游泳
	Taipei	泅水, 游泳
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	泅水
	Kaohsiung	泅水, 游泳
	Yilan	泅水, 游泳
	Changhua (Lukang)	泅水
	Taichung	泅水, 游泳
	Tainan	泅水, 洗浴, 游泳
	Hsinchu	泅水, 游泳
	Kinmen	泅水
	Penghu (Magong)	泅水
	Penang (Hokkien)	泅水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	泅水
	Manila (Hokkien)	泅水
	Chaozhou	泅水
	Shantou	游水, 泅, 泅水
	Jieyang	泅水
	Haifeng	泅水, 洗浴仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	泅水
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	游水
	Singapore (Teochew)	泅浴
	Pontianak (Teochew)	泅水
	Haikou	游水
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	游水
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	游水
Wu	Shanghai	游水, 游泳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	游水, 淨冷水肉
	Suzhou	游水, 游泳
	Danyang	划水
	Hangzhou	游泳
	Ningbo	游河, 打泅
	Wenzhou	泅水兒, 泅河兒
	Jinhua	划水, 划水鴨兒, 游泳
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	划花兒
Xiang	Changsha	玩水, 洗冷水澡, 游泳
	Loudi	打浮泅
	Shuangfeng	洗冷水澡

Noun

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1. swimming

See also

• 蝶泳 (diéyǒng)
• 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng)
• 背泳 (bèiyǒng)
• 蛙泳 (wāyǒng)
• 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng)

Further reading

• “Entry #51157”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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