飘浮
piāofú
to float in the air; to hover
Characters in this word
浮 fú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 孚 to brood over eggs
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 天上飘浮着几朵白云，天气真好。 Tiān shàng piāofú zhe jǐ duǒ báiyún, tiānqì zhēn hǎo. A few white clouds float in the sky; the weather is lovely.
- 气球松开手后，慢慢飘浮到了天花板上。 Qìqiú sōng kāi shǒu hòu, mànmàn piāofú dào le tiānhuābǎn shàng. After the balloon was let go it slowly floated up to the ceiling.
- 空气里飘浮着淡淡的花香。 Kōngqì lǐ piāofú zhe dàndàn de huāxiāng. A faint scent of flowers hung in the air.
Related words
- 飘 piāo to float; light, airy
- 飘扬 piāoyáng to flutter; to fly in the wind
- 浮 fú to float
- 浮动 fúdòng to fluctuate; to float
- 浮力 fúlì buoyancy
- 浮现 fúxiàn to emerge; to surface; to appear
- 浮躁 fúzào restless; impetuous; impatient
- 漂浮 piāofú to float on water or liquid
- 上空 shàngkōng airspace; sky above
- 盛夏 shèngxià midsummer; height of summer
- 闪烁 shǎnshuò to flicker; to dodge
- 冷却 lěngquè to cool; to cool down