游水 (jau4 seoi2 | ) : swim, swimming

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游水

jau4 seoi2

swim, swimming. Mand.: 游泳

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 224,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

游水

This word has been viewed 5903 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

游 jau4 - swim; wander; roam; surname
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)

2 compounds containing this word:

游水池 - swimming pool
撳地游水 - play safe

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你後日係咪游水粵
Are you going swimming the day after tomorrow?
[This is just a simple yes-no question. You can replace the verb-object pair with anything you like.]

你後日係咪去游水粵
Are you still going swimming with me, the day after tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 去 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is far away from both of you.]

你聽日係嚟游水粵
Are you still coming swimming with me tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 嚟 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is near you but far from the other person.]

佢游水游得唔曳噃! 粵
He is by no means a poor swimmer!
[We have to repeat the verb 游 because the object 水 and the extent particle 得 are both there in the sentence.]

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

油水 jau4 seoi2 = grease; profit

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