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漂

piào

HSK 1 Character

What 漂 means

1. used in {漂亮|piào liang}

Other readings

漂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• piāoto float; to drift
• piǎoto bleach

Example sentences

• 你真漂亮！
  How beautiful you are!
• 你很漂亮.
  You are beautiful.
• 她很漂亮。
  She is beautiful.
• 你很漂亮。
  You're very pretty.
• 木头会漂浮。
  Mùtou huì piāofú.
  Wood floats.
• 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.

• 票ticket; ballot; banknote
• 骠white horse
• 嘌(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤
• 僄light; airy