Cruise is pronounced yóu yì. yóu has a y sound, an ou rhyme, and a two tone sound. yì has a y sound, an i rhyme, and a four tone sound.
Swimming yóu yì ?
Basic Interpretation:
(1) To patrol, to drive around aimlessly, to watch for something that might happen.
(2) A generalized reference to swimming in the water: several mallards were swimming in the center of the lake.
(3) Warships patrolling: patrol boats cruising the channel. (4) A generalized object parading in the water: fishing sails cruising in the river | In this sea of water known as the Dead Sea, one can actually swim freely.
Example sentence: "Xinhua Monthly," No. 1, 1979: "He cruised aimlessly like this for a while, and I don't know when an idea suddenly flashed through his mind, but he jumped into the public **** car at once and rode off in the direction of his home."
Expanded:
Near synonyms for cruise:
1. yóu dàng [ yóu dàng ]
Basic definition: to float and sway.
Citation: modern Lu Xun 《新编-理水》:"Mo like Dan Zhu's disobedience, just like wandering."
2、巡游 [ xún yóu ]
Basic definition: to go on a tour (to inspect).
Citation: modern Guo Fu Xiaochuan's poem "A Small Island in a Vast Sea": "Oh, comrade, let's not say that you are cruising by its side, even if you moor on its shore, I'm afraid that you may not be able to feel it through."
3, Cruise [ xú yì ]
Basic definition: (of a warship) to patrol certain waters.
Citation: modern Liu Bocheng "Reviewing the Long March":" The Sichuan warlords hastily deployed troops to the Sichuan-Guizhou border, sent their model divisions to patrol around, and blockaded the Yangtze River."