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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yóu]
  1. 1. verb [Swimming] swim
  2. 2. verb [游览] tour
  3. 3. noun reach
  4. 4. adjective roving

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[yóu]
  1. 1. 流动
    动哨。
    击。
    移。
  2. 2. 从容行走;闲逛
    山玩水。
    四方。
    荡。
    览。
  3. 3.
    戏。
    玩。
    艺。
    乐。
  4. 4. 交往
  5. 5. 在水里行动
    鱼在河里去。
    长江。
    泳。
    弋。
  6. 6. 江河的一段

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现在是旅旺季,厗上挤满了人。
Now is the busy tourist season, and the pleasure-boat is crowded with tourists.
随着网络戏的发展,网络版的兵棋戏得到很多人的青睐。
With the development of internet games, the war model games are becoming more and more popular.
春意盎然的北京欢迎国内外的客来观光旅
Beijing, with spring in the air, welcomes tourists both at home and abroad to come and visit here.
本旅公司的“小语种”导告缺。
Our tourist company is short of guides who are able to speak minor languages.
他们的旅网站新开设了一个“三峡揽胜”专区,专门介绍三峡旅信息。
On their tour website, they have a new area featuring information on their sightseeing tours to the Three Gorges.
车上坐着的都是外国客。
The travelers on the tourist coach are all foreigners.
妹妹喜欢坐舫绕着西湖观光玩。
My sister likes to go sight-seeing in a pleasure boat around the West Lake.
他们三个结为侣,准备自助去西藏旅
The three became travel companions and decided to travel in Tibet by themselves.
小张每天放学后都到戏室去玩两个小时艺机。
Every day after school, Xiaozhang would go to the video game room and play video games for 2 hours.
哥哥到了泳池才发现泳裤忘记带了。
My brother didn't realize that he had forgotten his swimming suit until he arrived at the swimming pool.

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[yóu]

  • Scene:

    鱼游动 / fishes swimming

  • Examples:

    游泳 [yóuyǒng],游水 [yóushuǐ]

  • Description:

    游 means to swim in the water. It is extended to mean that something is moving in 游资, or 游牧. It can also mean to visit, e.g. 游北京 (visit Beijing).

Related video notes: 游、浮、漂、浸

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