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飘

piāo

HSK 5 Character Traditional 飄

What 飘 means

1. to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft
2. complacent; frivolous
3. weak; shaky; wobbly

Other readings

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

• piāovariant of {飘|piāo}

Example sentences

• 天空飘的云很美。
  Tiānkōng piāo de yún hěn měi.
  The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.
• 天空中飘过一朵云。
  A cloud floated across the sky.
• 我感觉有些轻飘飘了。
  Wǒ gǎnjué yǒuxiē qīngpiāopiāo le.
  I feel flattered.
• 叶子慢慢的飘落下来。
  Yèzi mànmàn de piāoluò xiàlai.
  The leaves slowly fell.
• 一朵白云在蓝天上飘。
  Yī duǒ báiyún zài lántiān shàng piāo.
  A white cloud floats in the blue sky.
• 我感觉像羽毛一样轻飘。
  Wǒ gǎnjué xiàng yǔmáo yīyàng qīng piāo.
  I felt light as a feather.

Words starting with 飘

• 飘扬piāo yángto wave; to flutter; to fly
• 飘飘piāo piāoto float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy
• 飘逸piāo yìgraceful; elegant; to drift
• 飘荡piāo dàngto drift; to wave; to float on the waves
• 飘落piāo luòto float down; to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
• 飘忽piāo hūswiftly moving; fleet; to sway
• 飘浮piāo fúto float; to hover; also written 漂浮
• 飘零piāo língto fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless
• 飘香piāo xiāng(of a fragrance) to waft about; (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as…
• 飘然piāo ránto float in the air; swiftly; nimbly
• 飘渺piāo miǎofaintly discernible; indistinct; misty
• 飘散piāo sànto waft (through the air); to drift
• 飘动piāo dòngto float; to drift
• 飘摇piāo yáofloating in the wind; swaying; tottering
• 飘飘然piāo piāo ránelated; light and airy feeling (after a few drinks); smug and conceited
• 飘舞piāo wǔto fly up; to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
• 飘移piāo yíto drift
• 飘带piāo dàistreamer; pennant
• 飘洒piāo sǎsuave; graceful; fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
• 飘卷piāo juǎnto flutter
• 飘尘piāo chénfloating dust; atmospheric particles
• 飘海piāo hǎito go abroad
• 飘窗piāo chuāngbay window
• 飘举piāo jǔto dance; to float in the wind

Words containing 飘

• 轻飘飘qīng piāo piāolight as a feather
• 风雨飘摇fēng yǔ piāo yáotossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable
• 发飘fā piāoto feel shaky; to feel wobbly
• 阿飘ā piāo(colloquial) ghost (Tw)
• 虚飘飘xū piāo piāolight and airy; floating
• 空中飘浮kōng zhōng piāo fúto float in the air
• 迎风飘舞yíng fēng piāo wǔto flutter in the wind
• 椰林飘香yē lín piāo xiāngpiña colada
• 邵飘萍Shào Piāo píngShao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press…
• 鸾飘凤泊luán piāo fèng bólit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom); fig. bold, graceful calligraphy…
• 四海飘零sì hǎi piāo língdrifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
• 琴剑飘零qín jiàn piāo língfloating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured…

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.

• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 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 飘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 飙biāo(literary) very strong wind; gale; (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 靼dá(phonetic); dressed leather
• 鞑DáTartar; a tribe in China
• 瓢piáodipper; ladle
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Sounds the same

Read piāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 漂to float; to drift
• 剽to rob; swift; nimble
• 缥used in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo
• 薸duckweed
• 螵used in 螵蛸