游
yóuYóu HSK2

to swim

游 yóu frequency
swim verb
to swim

他在平静的海面上游了很久才回到岸边。

tā zài píng​jìng de hǎi​miàn shàng yóu le hěn jiǔ cái huí​dào àn bian.

He swam on the calm sea for a long time before returning to the shore.

游 (遊) yóu
tour verb
to travel or visit places for pleasure or sightseeing

北京有很多著名的古迹，非常值得去游一游。

Běi​jīng yǒu hěn​duō zhù​míng de gǔ​jì, fēi​cháng zhí​de qù yóu yī yóu.

Beijing has many famous historic sites that are well worth visiting.

roam verb
to walk, wander, or move about freely without a fixed destination

他在老城区游了大半天，才找到那家书店。

tā zài lǎo chéng​qū yóu le dà​bàn tiān, cái zhǎo​dào nà jiā shū​diàn.

He wandered around the old town for half a day before finding that bookstore.

游 Yóu
surname You proper name

游先生是我的老师。

Yóu xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. You is my teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
695th most common 280.4 per million
Movie subtitles
536th most common 264.1 per million appears in 62% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
29.8 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
68.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6E38

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)