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飘摇

piāo yáo

2-character word Traditional 飄搖

What 飘摇 means

1. floating in the wind
2. swaying
3. tottering
4. unstable

The characters in 飘摇

• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row

Words containing 飘摇

• 风雨飘摇fēng yǔ piāo yáotossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable

Sounds the same

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

• 漂摇swaying; tottering; unstable
• 飘飖variant of 飘摇