"to swim" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
水	shuǐ	water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水\|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment	syn
游泳	yóu yǒng	swimming / to swim	syn
游水	yóu shuǐ	to swim	syn
泳	yǒng	swimming / to swim
泅	qiú	to swim (bound form)
泅游泅遊	qiú yóu	to swim
泅水	qiú shuǐ	to swim
凫水鳧水	fú shuǐ	to swim

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
下海	xià hǎi	to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
泳裤泳褲	yǒng kù	swim trunks
鱼肚魚肚	yú dǔ	fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
泅渡	qiú dù	to swim across
鱼鳔魚鰾	yú biào	swim bladder	syn
鳔鰾	biào	swim bladder / air bladder of fish	syn
扎猛子	zhā měng zi	to swim with head submerged
与世俯仰與世俯仰	yǔ shì fǔ yǎng	to swim with the tide (idiom)
游泳圈	yóu yǒng quān	swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
一条绳上的蚂蚱一條繩上的螞蚱	yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha	lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
不谙水性不諳水性	bù ān shuǐ xìng	to not know how to swim / to not be a strong swimmer
会水會水	huì shuǐ	to be able to swim
裸泳	luǒ yǒng	to swim naked / to skinny-dip

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