漂 piāo
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 票 bank note
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
漂
piāo
to drift
Character
Example phrases
- 一片树叶顺着河水慢慢漂向远处。 Yí piàn shùyè shùn zhe héshuǐ mànmàn piāo xiàng yuǎnchù. A leaf slowly drifted along the river towards the distance.
- 小船在湖面上轻轻漂着，没有一点风。 Xiǎochuán zài húmiàn shang qīngqīng piāo zhe, méiyǒu yìdiǎn fēng. The little boat drifted gently on the lake; there was not a breath of wind.
- 瓶子漂到了岸边，里面还有一封信。 Píngzi piāo dào le ànbiān, lǐmiàn hái yǒu yì fēng xìn. The bottle drifted ashore, and there was still a letter inside.
Related words
- 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
- 漂泊 piāobó to drift; to wander from place to place
- 漂浮 piāofú to float on water or liquid
- 漂流 piāoliú to drift; to raft; driftage
- 飘 piāo to float; light, airy
- 浮 fú to float
- 滑行 huáxíng to glide, to slide
- 放飞 fàngfēi to fly freely
- 落地 luòdì to land
- 露 lù to expose, to reveal
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 露 lòu to expose, to reveal