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Definition
To swim.
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How it's used
泳 is primarily a bound morpheme used in formal compound words like 游泳 or 泳池. In everyday spoken Cantonese, the verb to swim is almost exclusively expressed as 游水. Using 泳 as a standalone verb sounds unnatural and overly literary to native speakers.
Examples
Will you go swimming at the pool tomorrow?
He learned how to swim when he was very young.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often try to use 泳 as a standalone verb because it appears in swimming related vocabulary, but it must be paired with 游 to form the verb 游泳 or be replaced by the colloquial 游水.
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Grammar guides
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