# 游泳
## Chinese

* 游泳

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yóuyǒng
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): you$^2$ yun$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$ wing$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): iou$^1$ yng$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): iǔ-ē̤ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-éng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu-ion$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yóuyǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yóuyǒng
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^2$-yung$^3$
*** Yale: yóu-yǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youyeong
*** Palladius: ююн (jujun)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: you$^2$ yun$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iuwn
*** Sinological IPA : /iəu²¹ yn²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$ wing$^6$
*** Yale: yàuh wihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$ wing$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$ wing$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹ wɪŋ²²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: iou$^1$ yng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəu¹¹ yŋ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iǔ-ē̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /iu²¹ œyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-éng
*** Tâi-lô: iû-íng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iu'eang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ iɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu-ion$_5$
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$ ion$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu-ion$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² ioŋ⁴⁴/

### Verb

游泳
* to swim
    禁止游泳。 ― Jìnzhǐ yóuyǒng. ― No swimming.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 游泳, 游水, 洑水, 浮水, 泅水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 游泳, 洑水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 游泳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 游泳, 洑水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 游泳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 游泳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 游泳, 浮水, 洑水, 洗澡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 游泳, 漤水兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 洑水, 洗澡 rural |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 泭水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 浮水, 洗澡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 游泳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 洗澡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 浮水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 洗澡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍水 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 洑水, 打澡, 洗澡兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 游泳, 洗澡兒, 浮水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 游泳, 浮水, 洗澡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 游泳, 游水, 泅水, 玩水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 洗澡, 洑水, 游泳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 游水, 洗大涼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 游泳, 游水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 游泳, 游水, 洗澡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 游水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 洗澡, 划水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 洗澡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 洗涼, 游水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 洗身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 湧水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 湧水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 游水 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 游水 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 玩水, 泅水 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 划水 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 洗冷水澡, 泅水 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 游水, 洗身仔, 泅水仔, 泅水 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 洗溪身 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 洗溪身 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 洗溪身 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 洗冷水身, 游水 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 游水 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 游水 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 游水 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 洗冷水身 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 游泳 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 泅水 |
| Hakka | Changting | 洗浴 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 洗身子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 打浮條 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 泅水, 洗身仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 泅水, 泅水仔, 洗身仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 泅水, 洗身仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 泅水, 泅身 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 泅水, 泅水仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 泅水 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 游水 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 游水 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 游水 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍水, 游泳 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耍水 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 泅水, 洗浴, 游泳 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 泅水, 洗水 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 泅水 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 泅水, 洗浴, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 泅水, 游泳 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 游水, 泅, 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 泅水, 洗浴仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 游水 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 泅浴 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 泅水 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 游水 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 游水 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 游水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 游水, 游泳 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 游水, 淨冷水肉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 游水, 游泳 |
| Wu | Danyang | 划水 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 游泳 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 游河, 打泅 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 泅水兒, 泅河兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 划水, 划水鴨兒, 游泳 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 划花兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玩水, 洗冷水澡, 游泳 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打浮泅 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 洗冷水澡 |

### Noun

游泳
* swimming (as a water sport)

#### Synonyms

* (rare) 水泳 (shuǐyǒng)

### Derived terms

* 游泳圈 (yóuyǒngquān)
* 游泳棒 (yóuyǒngbàng)
* 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí)
* 游泳衣 (yóuyǒngyī)
* 游泳褲 / 游泳裤 (yóuyǒngkù)
* 游泳館 / 游泳馆 (yóuyǒngguǎn)
* 花樣游泳 / 花样游泳 (huāyàng yóuyǒng)

### See also

* 蝶泳 (diéyǒng)
* 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng)
* 背泳 (bèiyǒng)
* 蛙泳 (wāyǒng)
* 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng)
* 側泳／侧泳 (cèyǒng)

### Further reading

* “Entry #51157”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.