游
遊Meanings
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- 1.to walk
- 2.to tour
- 3.to roam
- 4.to travel
- 1.to swim
- 2.variant of 游[yóu]
- 1.surname You
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Wiktionary
- 1.to swim
- 2.reach; part of a river
- 3.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lu): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 斿 (OC *lu). However, the phonetic component has a reference to travelling, hence it adds part of the meaning. From Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan རྒྱུ་བ (rgyu ba, “to walk; to wander”), Lepcha ᰚᰪᰌᰦ (yŭ-da, “to flow”), Rawang yø (“to flow”) (Schuessler, 2007). Same word as 遊 (OC *lu, “to roam; to travel”). Cognate with 流 (OC *ru, “to flow”), 泅 (OC *lju). Probably unrelated to 油 (OC *lɯw, “abundant”), 滺 (“flowing”).
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Components
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Example sentences
魚能游。
A fish can swim.
他能游得很快。
He can swim very fast.
他能游得很快。
He is able to swim very fast.
我每周游一次泳。
I swim once a week.
汤姆能游得很好。
Tom can swim pretty well.
你游泳游得比我好。
You swim better than me.
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Derived terms
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