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Usage of the character 飄

piāo
[飄]
  • to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft
  • complacent; frivolous
  • weak; shaky; wobbly
fāpiāo
发飘
[發飄]
  • to feel shaky; to feel wobbly
piāolíng
飘零
[飄零]
  • to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)
  • (fig.) drifting and homeless
piāoxiāng
飘香
[飄香]
  • (of a fragrance) to waft about
  • (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well
piāosǎ
飘洒
[飄灑]
  • suave
  • graceful
  • fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
piāowǔ
飘舞
[飄舞]
  • to fly up
  • to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
piāomiǎo
飘缈
[飄緲]
  • variant of 飄渺/飘渺 (piāomiǎo)
piāoyì
飘逸
[飄逸]
  • graceful
  • elegant
  • to drift
  • to float
piāofēng
飘风
[飄風]
  • whirlwind
  • stormy wind
piāodàng
飘荡
[飄盪]
  • to drift
  • to wave
  • to float on the waves
  • to flutter in the wind
piāomiǎo
飘渺
[飄渺]
  • faintly discernible; indistinct; misty
piāoyáng
飘洋
[飄洋]
  • see 漂洋 (piāoyáng)
piāoliú
飘流
[飄流]
  • variant of 漂流 (piāoliú)
piāoyí
飘移
[飄移]
  • to drift
piāoyáo
飘飖
[飄颻]
  • variant of 飄搖/飘摇 (piāoyáo)
piāodòng
飘动
[飄動]
  • to float
  • to drift
piāofú
飘浮
[飄浮]
  • to float
  • to hover
  • also written 漂浮
piāoluò
飘落
[飄落]
  • to float down
  • to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
piāopiāo
飘飘
[飄飄]
  • to float about
  • to flutter (in the breeze)
  • (dialect) gay guy
  • (Tw) ghost
āpiāo
阿飘
[阿飄]
  • (coll.) ghost (Tw)
piāojǔ
飘举
[飄舉]
  • to dance
  • to float in the wind
piāoyáo
飘摇
[飄搖]
  • floating in the wind
  • swaying
  • tottering
  • unstable
piāohǎi
飘海
[飄海]
  • to go abroad
piāofú
飘拂
[飄拂]
  • to drift lightly
piāoyáng
飘扬
[飄揚]
  • to wave
  • to flutter
  • to fly
piāobó
飘泊
[飄泊]
  • variant of 漂泊 (piāobó)
piāopéng
飘蓬
[飄蓬]
  • to float in the wind
  • by ext., to lead a wandering life
piāodài
飘带
[飄帶]
  • streamer
  • pennant
piāorán
飘然
[飄然]
  • to float in the air
  • swiftly
  • nimbly
  • easy and relaxed
piāosàn
飘散
[飄散]
  • to waft (through the air); to drift
piāochén
飘尘
[飄塵]
  • floating dust
  • atmospheric particles
piāoxuě
飘雪
[飄雪]
  • to snow
piāohū
飘忽
[飄忽]
  • swiftly moving
  • fleet
  • to sway
piāojuǎn
飘卷
[飄卷]
  • to flutter
xūpiāopiāo
虚飘飘
[虛飄飄]
  • light and airy
  • floating
piāopiāorán
飘飘然
[飄飄然]
  • elated
  • light and airy feeling (after a few drinks)
  • smug and conceited
  • complacent
qīngpiāopiāo
轻飘飘
[輕飄飄]
  • light as a feather
Shào Piāopíng
邵飘萍
[邵飄萍]
  • Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報/京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖/张作霖
luánpiāofèngbó
鸾飘凤泊
[鸞飄鳳泊]
  • lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom)
  • fig. bold, graceful calligraphy
  • married couple separated from each other
  • talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
sìhǎipiāolíng
四海飘零
[四海飄零]
  • drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
yíngfēngpiāowǔ
迎风飘舞
[迎風飄舞]
  • to whirl about in the wind
fēngyǔpiāoyáo
风雨飘摇
[風雨飄搖]
  • tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
  • (of a situation) unstable
piāohūbùdìng
飘忽不定
[飄忽不定]
  • to drift without a resting place (idiom)
  • roving
  • errant
  • vagrant
  • erratic
yēlínpiāoxiāng
椰林飘香
[椰林飄香]
  • piña colada
kōngzhōngpiāofú
空中飘浮
[空中飄浮]
  • to float in the air
qínjiànpiāolíng
琴剑飘零
[琴劍飄零]
  • floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position