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漂
piào
漂 (piào) means "to float; to drift; to bleach". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 漂 means
- used in {漂亮|piào liang}
Other readings
Example sentences
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你真漂亮！How beautiful you are!
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你很漂亮.You are beautiful.
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她很漂亮。She is beautiful.
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你很漂亮。You're very pretty.
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木头会漂浮。Mùtou huì piāofú.Wood floats.
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我比你漂亮。I am more beautiful than you.
Words starting with 漂
- 漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful
- 漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
- 漂泊piāo bó(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam…
- 漂流piāo liúto float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting
- 漂白piǎo báito bleach; to whiten
- 漂移piāo yíto drift
- 漂染piǎo rǎnto bleach and dye
- 漂洋piāo yángto cross the ocean
- 漂洗piǎo xǐto rinse (clothes)
- 漂绿piǎo lǜto greenwash
- 漂走piāo zǒuto float away; to drift; to be swept off
- 漂游piāo yóudrift
- 漂雷piāo léifloating mine
- 漂流者piāo liú zhědrifter; whitewater rafter
- 漂白剂piǎo bái jìbleach
- 漂白水piǎo bái shuǐbleach
- 漂白粉piǎo bái fěnbleaching powder
- 漂流瓶piāo liú píngmessage in a bottle
- 漂摇piāo yáoswaying; tottering; unstable
- 漂砾piāo lì(geology) glacial erratic; rock transported by a glacier
- 漂鹬piāo yù(bird species of China) wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
- 漂荡piāo dàngvariant of 飘荡
- 漂零piāo língvariant of 飘零
Words containing 漂
- 北漂běi piāoto migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities…
- 长漂cháng piāorafting on the Yangtze River (abbr. for 长江漂流
- 鱼漂yú piāofishing float
- 黄漂huáng piāorafting on the Yellow River (abbr. for 黄河漂流
- 爱漂亮ài piào liangto like looking attractive (usually of girls); aestheticism
- 打水漂dǎ shuǐ piāoto skip stones (on water); (colloquial) to squander one's money on a bad investment
- 洋漂族yáng piāo zúlit. ocean drifting people; job-hopping foreigner
- 血流漂杵xuè liú piāo chǔenough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood; blood bath
- 灰尾漂鹬huī wěi piāo yù(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- 大陆漂移dà lù piāo yícontinental drift
- 风雨漂摇fēng yǔ piāo yáovariant of 风雨飘摇
- 浮漂fú piāosee 漂浮
Characters built on 票
These share the phonetic component 票 (piào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
- 镖biāodart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
- 嫖piáoto visit a prostitute
- 瓢piáodipper; ladle
- 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
- 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
- 缥piāoused in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo
- 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤
Characters that look like 漂
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
- 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 瑟sèa type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
- 暹xiānsunrise
- 凛lǐncold; to shiver with cold; to tremble with fear
Sounds the same
Read piào, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 漂 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 1 Characters · Set 19 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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