How to pronounce you yong (游泳) in Chinese
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游泳
yóu yǒng
Characters & meanings
to travel; to swim
to swim (in 游泳)
Common mistake
Rising + low (2-3): both syllables start with y-, so the tones carry all the contrast — climb on yóu, then drop into yǒng's dip and stay down.
Example sentence
我们去游泳吧。
Wǒmen qù yóuyǒng ba.
Let's go swimming.
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