游泳
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 2
游泳 (yóuyǒng) · to swim
游泳 (yóuyǒng) means “to swim; swimming”. It is written with 2 characters: 游 (to tour) + 泳 (to swim). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 游泳 is built
The characters
游 yóu · to tour
What 游 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 斿yóu — to swim
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 方fāng — square
Origin hint: To swim freely 斿 through the seas 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
泳 yǒng · to swim
What 泳 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 永yǒng — long
- 水shuǐ — water
- 亅 — hook
- 水shuǐ — water
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 永 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我每周游泳两次。Wǒ měi zhōu yóuyǒng liǎng cì.I swim twice a week.
你会游泳吗？Nǐ huì yóuyǒng ma?Can you swim?
Questions about 游泳
What does 游泳 mean?
游泳 (yóuyǒng) means “to swim; swimming”.
How do you pronounce 游泳?
游泳 is pronounced yóuyǒng.
Which HSK level is 游泳?
游泳 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 旅游lǚyóuto travel
- 游客yóukètourist
- 游戏yóuxìgame
- 导游dǎoyóutour guide
- 游览yóulǎnto go sightseeing
- 上游shàngyóuupper reaches of a river
- 游玩yóuwánto go sightseeing
- 游yóuto tour
Learn 游泳 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 77: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.