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The Chinese word

游
is pronounced
yóu | you2
means
to walk, to tour, to roam, to swim, to travel
Examples:
他会游泳。
ta1 hui4 you2 yong3.
He knows how to swim.
他不会游泳。
ta1 bu4 hui4 you2 yong3.
He doesn't know how to swim.
他能游得很快。
tā néng yóu dé hěn kuài.
He can swim very fast.
他教了我游泳。
ta1 jiao4 liao3 wo3 you2 yong3.
He taught me how to swim.
我不懂得游泳。
wo3 bu4 dong3 de2 you2 yong3.
I don't know how to swim.
我很期待去旅游.
wǒ hěn qī dài qù lǚ yóu.
I am looking forward to the trip.
她教我如何游泳。
tā jiào wǒ rú hé yóu yǒng.
She taught me how to swim.
老人试图游5公里。
lǎo rén shì tú yóu 5 gōng lǐ.
The old man attempted to swim five kilometers.
下午一起去游泳吧。
xia4 wu3 yi1 qi3 qu4 you2 yong3 ba1.
Let's have a swim in the afternoon.
我一点也不会游泳。
wo3 yi1 dian3 ye3 bu4 hui4 you2 yong3.
I cannot swim at all.
這裏游泳很危險的。
zhe4 li3 you2 yong3 hen3 wei1 xian3 de.
It is dangerous to swim here.
你會游泳，我卻不會。
ni3 hui4 you2 yong3, wo3 que4 bu4 hui4.
You can swim, but I can't.
在这条河里游泳很危险。
zai4 zhe4 tiao2 he2 li3 you2 yong3 hen3 wei1 xian3.
It is dangerous to bathe in this river.
如果可能的话，我想环游世界。
rú guǒ kě néng de huà, wǒ xiǎng huán yóu shì jiè.
If possible, I'd like to travel around the world.
孩子在这条河里游泳太危险了。
hái zǐ zài zhè tiáo hé lǐ yóu yǒng tài wēi xiǎn liǎo.
This river is dangerous for children to swim in.
我還是個小男孩時常去池塘游泳。
wo3 huan2 shi4 ge4 xiao3 nan2 hai2 shi2 chang2 qu4 chi2 tang2 you2 yong3.
As a boy, I used to swim in the pond.
那我就不继续打扰你，玩数独游戏去了。
na4 wo3 jiu4 bu4 ji4 xu4 da3 rao3 ni3, wan2 shu4 du2 you2 xi4 qu4 liao3.
I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.
他们之所以没有游泳，就因为天气很冷。
ta1 men2 zhi1 suo3 yi3 mei2 you3 you2 yong3, jiu4 yin1 wei2 tian1 qi4 hen3 leng3.
They didn't swim because it was cold.
如果我有时间有钱，我要到欧洲去旅游。
ru2 guo3 wo3 you3 shi2 jian1 you3 qian2, wo3 yao4 dao4 ou1 zhou1 qu4 lv3 you2.
If I have time and enough money, I'd want to go traveling in Europe.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org