遊泳

See also: 游泳

Chinese

		to roam; travel	swimming; to swim
trad. (遊泳)		遊	泳
simp. (游泳)		游	泳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuyǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ wing⁶

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⁾/
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/

Verb

遊泳

misspelling of 游泳 (yóuyǒng)

Usage notes

This term was created due to incorrect conversion from simplified Chinese to traditional Chinese in modern contexts.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遊	泳
ゆう Grade: 3	えい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

遊(ゆう)泳(えい) • (yūei)

swimming (not for athlete, often used for swimming at sea)
getting along in life, getting through life

Synonyms

(swimming): 水泳(すいえい) (suiei), スイミング (suimingu), 泳(およ)ぎ (oyogi)

Derived terms

宇宙遊泳(うちゅうゆうえい) (uchūyūei, “space walk”)
遊泳禁止(ゆうえいきんし) (yūeikinshi, “prohibition to swim”)

Verb

遊(ゆう)泳(えい)する • (yūei suru) intransitive suru (stem 遊(ゆう)泳(えい)し (yūei shi), past 遊(ゆう)泳(えい)した (yūei shita))

swim
get along in life

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遊泳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遊泳し	ゆうえいし	yūei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遊泳し	ゆうえいし	yūei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遊泳する	ゆうえいする	yūei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遊泳する	ゆうえいする	yūei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遊泳すれ	ゆうえいすれ	yūei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遊泳せよ¹ 遊泳しろ²	ゆうえいせよ¹ ゆうえいしろ²	yūei seyo¹ yūei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遊泳される	ゆうえいされる	yūei sareru
Causative	遊泳させる遊泳さす	ゆうえいさせるゆうえいさす	yūei saseru yūei sasu
Potential	遊泳できる	ゆうえいできる	yūei dekiru
Volitional	遊泳しよう	ゆうえいしよう	yūei shiyō
Negative	遊泳しない	ゆうえいしない	yūei shinai
Negative continuative	遊泳せず	ゆうえいせず	yūei sezu
Formal	遊泳します	ゆうえいします	yūei shimasu
Perfective	遊泳した	ゆうえいした	yūei shita
Conjunctive	遊泳して	ゆうえいして	yūei shite
Hypothetical conditional	遊泳すれば	ゆうえいすれば	yūei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(swim): 泳(およ)ぐ (oyogu)

References

“遊泳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
遊	泳

Noun

遊泳 • (yuyeong) (hangeul 유영)

hanja form^? of 유영