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漂浮 piāofú

漂浮 piāofú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 漂浮 piāofú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
piāofú | piao1 fu2
English translation
to float
to hover
to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
to rove
showy
superficial

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Traditional form

漂浮 piāofú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 漂浮 piāofú

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piāo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and piào represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

piào

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵票

Number of Strokes

14

Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵孚

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 漂浮 piāofú

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这时 zhè shí 缓缓 huǎn huǎn de zài 树干 shù gàn 矮树 aǐ shù jiān piāo zhāo , yòu dào bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò de 陆地 lùdì shǎng .

Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land.

yòng jiǎo gōu Duàn 漂浮 piāofú zhāo de 木头 mùtou .

I reached for a floating log with my foot.

yòng 胳膊 gēbo tuǐ zài 水中 luàn huá , 这样 zhè yàng suī 可以 kěyǐ 漂浮 piāofú , dàn què 白费 bái fèi le 许多 xǔduō 力气 lìqi .

Hurling his arms and legs around wildly, he kept afloat but wasted much effort.

即使 jíshǐ yǒu liǎng cāng jìn Shuǐ , réng 漂浮 piāofú de 水面 shuǐ miàn shǎng .

Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.

xiàng duǒ 浮云 fú yún bān 漂浮 piāofú dìng .

I wandered lonely like a cloud.

漂浮 piāofú Decomposition

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漂浮 piāofú Compounds

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