The Chinese word 泳装 (yǒngzhuāng) for "swimsuit" is a typical compound word formed through semantic combination. It consists of two characters: 泳 (yǒng), a morpheme meaning "to swim", derived from the verb 游泳, and 装 (zhuāng), a morpheme meaning "attire" or "clothing". When combined, the word follows a logical "purpose + item" structure, literally meaning "swimming clothing". This formation is analogous to similar compounds like 西装 (xīzhuāng, "Western suit") or 童装 (tóngzhuāng, "children's clothing"), where the first character specifies the purpose or category, and the second character denotes a general class of garments.