Usage of the character 漂
piāo
漂
[漂]
- to float
- to drift
piào
漂
[漂]
- used in 漂亮 (piàoliàng)
piǎo
漂
[漂]
- to bleach
piāoyáo
漂摇
[漂搖]
- swaying
- tottering
- unstable
piāoyù
漂鹬
[漂鷸]
- (bird species of China) wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
yúpiāo
鱼漂
[魚漂]
- fishing float
piǎobái
漂白
[漂白]
- to bleach
- to whiten
piāobó
漂泊
[漂泊]
- (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor
- (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
piāolíng
漂零
[漂零]
- variant of 飄零／飘零 (piāolíng)
huángpiāo
黄漂
[黃漂]
- rafting on the Yellow River (abbr. for 黃河漂流／黄河漂流 ( Huáng Hépiāoliu))
fúpiāo
浮漂
[浮漂]
- see 漂浮 (piāofú)
piāoyáng
漂洋
[漂洋]
- to cross the ocean
piàoliang
漂亮
[漂亮]
- pretty; beautiful
piǎorǎn
漂染
[漂染]
- to bleach and dye
piāodàng
漂荡
[漂蕩]
- variant of 飄盪／飘荡 (piāodàng)
piāoléi
漂雷
[漂雷]
- floating mine
chángpiāo
长漂
[長漂]
- rafting on the Yangtze River (abbr. for 長江漂流／长江漂流 ( Cháng Jiāngpiāoliú))
piāoyí
漂移
[漂移]
- to drift
piǎoxǐ
漂洗
[漂洗]
- to rinse (clothes)
piāozǒu
漂走
[漂走]
- to float away; to drift; to be swept off
piāoyóu
漂游
[漂遊]
- drift
piǎolü
漂绿
[漂綠]
- to greenwash
piāoliú
漂流
[漂流]
- to float on the current
- to drift along or about
- rafting
piāolì
漂砾
[漂礫]
- boulder
běipiāo
北漂
[北漂]
- to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities
- migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit
piāofú
漂浮
[漂浮]
- to float
- to hover
- to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
- to rove
- showy
- superficial
piǎobáijì
漂白剂
[漂白劑]
- bleach
dǎshuǐpiāo
打水漂
[打水漂]
- to skip stones (on water)
- (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
àipiàoliang
爱漂亮
[愛漂亮]
- to like looking attractive (usually of girls)
- aestheticism
piāoliúzhě
漂流者
[漂流者]
- white water rafter
- paddler
- river runner
piāoliúpíng
漂流瓶
[漂流瓶]
- message in a bottle
yángpiāozú
洋漂族
[洋漂族]
- lit. ocean drifting people
- job-hopping foreigner
piǎobáishuǐ
漂白水
[漂白水]
- bleach
huīwěipiāoyù
灰尾漂鹬
[灰尾漂鷸]
- (bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
dàlùpiāoyí
大陆漂移
[大陸漂移]
- continental drift
xuèliúpiāochǔ
血流漂杵
[血流漂杵]
- enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
- blood bath
fēngyǔpiāoyáo
风雨漂摇
[風雨漂搖]
- tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
- (of a situation) unstable