漂浮
piāo fú
Pinyin

Definition

漂浮
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piāo fú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
漂亮
piào liang
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
浮现
fú xiàn
  1. 1 to appear before one's eyes
  2. 2 to come into view
  3. 3 to float into appearance
  4. 4 to come back (of images from the past)
  5. 5 to emerge
  6. 6 it emerges
  7. 7 it occurs (to me that..)
浮肿
fú zhǒng
  1. 1 swollen
  2. 2 bloated
  3. 3 edema
  4. 4 dropsy
浮华
fú huá
  1. 1 ostentatious
  2. 2 pretentious
  3. 3 showy
浮夸
fú kuā
  1. 1 to exaggerate
  2. 2 to be boastful
  3. 3 pompous
  4. 4 grandiose
浮躁
fú zào
  1. 1 fickle and impatient
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 giddy
  4. 4 scatterbrained
漂
piāo
  1. 1 to float
  2. 2 to drift
漂泊
piāo bó
  1. 1 to drift (in the tide)
  2. 2 to rove
  3. 3 to lead a wandering existence
  4. 4 drifter
  5. 5 wanderer
漂流
piāo liú
  1. 1 to float on the current
  2. 2 to drift along or about
  3. 3 rafting
漂浮
piāo fú
  1. 1 to float
  2. 2 to hover
  3. 3 to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. 4 to rove
  5. 5 showy
  6. 6 superficial
漂移
piāo yí
  1. 1 to drift
轻浮
qīng fú
  1. 1 frivolous
  2. 2 careless
  3. 3 giddy
上浮
shàng fú
  1. 1 to float up
人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
北漂
Běi piāo
  1. 1 migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit
幽浮
yōu fú
  1. 1 UFO (loanword)
  2. 2 unidentified flying object
  3. 3 space ship
悬浮
xuán fú
  1. 1 to float (in the air etc)
  2. 2 suspension
悬浮物
xuán fú wù
  1. 1 suspended matter
打水漂
dǎ shuǐ piāo
  1. 1 to skip stones (on water)
  2. 2 (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment

Idioms (9)

人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
  1. 1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
  2. 2 blurred scenery
  3. 3 cursory
  4. 4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
  1. 1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
血流漂杵
xuè liú piāo chǔ
  1. 1 enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
  2. 2 blood bath
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous
风雨漂摇
fēng yǔ piāo yáo
  1. 1 tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a situation) unstable

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