游水

Chinese

		to walk; to tour; to roam to walk; to tour; to roam; to swim; to travel	water; river
simp. and trad. (游水)		游	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóushuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau⁴ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³ sui²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yeu-sy; ⁶yeu ⁵sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóushuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-shui³
    • Yale: yóu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshoei
    • Palladius: юшуй (jušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: yàuh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiu³ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²² sui⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-sy; ⁶yeu ⁵sy
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 sy; yeu^去 sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-sr; ³hhieu ²sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² sz̩⁴⁴/, /ɦiɤ³³  sz̩³⁴/

Verb

游⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal) to swim

   不如今日去游水啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   bat¹ jyu⁴ gam¹ jat⁶ heoi³ jau⁴ seoi² laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Let's go swimming today!

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
Mandarin	Beijing	游泳, 洑水
	Taiwan	游泳
	Harbin	游泳, 洑水
	Yantai (Muping)	游泳, 漤水兒
	Jinan	游泳, 浮水, 洑水, 洗澡
	Luoyang	洑水, 洗澡 rural
	Wanrong	泭水
	Xi'an	浮水, 洗澡
	Yinchuan	耍水
	Lanzhou	洑水, 打澡, 洗澡兒
	Xining	游泳
	Ürümqi	游泳, 洗澡兒, 浮水
	Wuhan	游泳, 游水, 泅水, 玩水
	Chengdu	游泳, 浮水, 洗澡
	Guiyang	洗澡, 洑水, 游泳
	Liuzhou	游水, 洗大涼
	Xuzhou	洗澡
	Yangzhou	游泳, 游水, 洗澡
	Nanjing	游泳, 游水
	Hefei	洗澡, 划水
	Chuzhou	洗澡
	Nantong	游水
	Malaysia	游泳
	Singapore	游泳
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	浮水
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	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)	游水
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
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	Shaxi (Longdu)	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