浮水

fúshuǐ

verb

Meanings

1 to swim
2 to float on water

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他从小就会浮水。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù huì fúshuǐ.

He's known how to swim since he was little.

HSK 7-9

这鸭子在池塘里浮水。

Zhè yāzi zài chítáng lǐ fúshuǐ.

The duck is floating on the pond.

Tips

register

浮水 is older / regional wording for swimming - Xinhua defines it as 在水里游 ('swimming in water'). In modern Mandarin most speakers use 游泳. In some northern dialects 浮水 also means to doggy-paddle or just keep yourself afloat without proper strokes.

Stroke Order

浮 fú

水 shuǐ