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
漂泊
piāobó
to drift; to wander from place to place
Characters in this word
泊 pō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 多年漂泊海外之后，他才意识到身份认同并非一句口号。 Duōnián piāobó hǎiwài zhīhòu, tā cái yìshí dào shēnfèn rèntóng bìngfēi yī jù kǒuhào. Only after years of wandering overseas did he realise that identity is not merely a slogan.
- 他年轻时四处漂泊，没有固定的家。 Tā niánqīng shí sìchù piāobó, méiyǒu gùdìng de jiā. In his youth he wandered everywhere and had no fixed home.
- 一只小船在大海上漂泊了好几天。 Yī zhī xiǎochuán zài dàhǎi shàng piāobó le hǎo jǐ tiān. A small boat drifted on the sea for several days.
Related words
- 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
- 漂 piāo to drift
- 漂浮 piāofú to float on water or liquid
- 漂流 piāoliú to drift; to raft; driftage
- 湖泊 húpō lake; lakes
- 停泊 tíngbó to anchor; to moor; to berth
- 流浪 liúlàng to wander; to roam; to be homeless
- 徘徊 páihuái to linger; to pace back and forth; to hesitate
- 漫游 mànyóu to roam; to wander; roaming
- 铺路 pūlù to pave the way; to build a road
- 迷失 míshī to lose one’s way; to become lost
- 迁 qiān to move; to relocate; to migrate