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漂流

piāo liú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

漂流 (piāo liú) means "to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 漂流 means

1. to float on the current
2. to drift along or about
3. rafting

The characters in 漂流

• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Words starting with 漂流

• 漂流者piāo liú zhědrifter; whitewater rafter
• 漂流瓶piāo liú píngmessage in a bottle

Sounds the same

Read piāo liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飘流variant of 漂流

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