Chinese

游泳池

/joʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩³⁵/
swimming pool (Classifier: 座 m; 個／个 m c)
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese游 “to swim”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese斿 “decoration hanging down from a flag or banner, e.g. a streamer or tassel”
      • ideaChinese㫃 “appearance of flags flying”
      • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese泳 “to swim”
    • soundChinese永 “perpetual; eternal; permanent; forever”
  • characterChinese池 “pool; pond”
    • soundChinese也 “Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate; to be (although no…”

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