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飘浮

piāo fú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 飄浮

飘浮 (piāo fú) means "to float; to hover; also written 漂浮". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 飘浮 means

1. to float
2. to hover
3. also written 漂浮

The characters in 飘浮

• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating

Example sentences

• 他是世上第一个在太空中飘浮的人。
  Tā shì shìshàng dìyī gè zài tàikōng zhōng piāofú de rén.
  He was the first man to float in space.

Words containing 飘浮

• 空中飘浮kōng zhōng piāo fúto float in the air

Sounds the same

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

• 漂浮to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
• 飘拂to drift lightly

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read piāo fú correctly.
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