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
漂流
piāoliú
to drift; to raft; driftage
Characters in this word
流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 古代商船沿着季风漂流，逐渐形成跨海贸易网络。 Gǔdài shāngchuán yánzhe jìfēng piāoliú, zhújiàn xíngchéng kuàhǎi màoyì wǎngluò. Ancient merchant ships drifted with the monsoon winds and gradually formed transoceanic trade networks.
- 他们乘着橡皮艇在山间的河里漂流。 Tāmen chéngzhe xiàngpítǐng zài shānjiān de hé lǐ piāoliú. They went rafting on a mountain river in an inflatable boat.
- 那只小木船在海上漂流了三天。 Nà zhī xiǎo mùchuán zài hǎishàng piāoliú le sān tiān. That little wooden boat drifted at sea for three days.
Related words
- 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
- 漂 piāo to drift
- 漂泊 piāobó to drift; to wander from place to place
- 漂浮 piāofú to float on water or liquid
- 流 liú to flow
- 流利 liúlì fluent
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 潮流 cháoliú trend
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 流动 liúdòng to flow; to move around
- 流通 liútōng to circulate