qiú

common
verb
literary

Meaning of

泅 means to swim; to cross water by swimming. Pronounced qiú.

  • to swim; to cross water by swimming

Character Info

Radical
Strokes11
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

qiú
guò
le
tuān
de
liú
 

He swam across the fast-flowing river.

Wèi
le
jiù
luò
shuǐ
ér
tóng
 
rán
qiú
shuǐ
yóu
dào
le
duì
àn
 

To save the drowning child, he resolutely swam across to the other shore.

dài
shì
bīng
cháng
qiú
tōu
jun1
zhèn
 

Ancient soldiers often swam across to launch surprise attacks on enemy positions.

píng
jiè
chū
de
qiú
shuǐ
néng
yíng
le
yóu
yǒng
sài
 

He won the swimming competition with his excellent swimming skills.

mín
qiú
shuǐ
zhǎo
huí
le
bèi
chōng
zǒu
de
wǎng
 

The fisherman swam back to retrieve the fishing net that had been washed away.