漂
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to float; to drift
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How 漂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 票 (phonetic, piào)
How to remember it
drift · Heisig RSH #1257
水 water + 票 ticket
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 票
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 票 (piào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 票 sound component | piào | bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper |
| 标 | biāo | mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize |
| 飘 | piāo | to drift, to float, to flutter |
| 瓢 | piáo | a ladle made from a dried gourd |
| 膘 | biāo | sfat; rump |
| 镖 | biāo | spear, harpoon, dart; to escort |
| 嫖 | piáo | to patronize a prostitute; to frequent |
| 嘌 | piào | fast, speedy |
| 缥 | piǎo | dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil |
| 剽 | piāo | to rob, to plunder, to slice off; nimble, quick |
| 螵 | piāo | chrysalis |
| 鳔 | biào | swim bladder |
| 摽 | biāo | to sign, to signal; to throw |
| 瘭 | biāo | whitlow |
| 瞟 | piǎo | to squint, to glare, to look askance |
| 骠 | piào | charger, steed; swift, valiant |
Words containing 漂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漂洋过海 | piāo yáng guò hǎi | (idiom) to cross the ocean; to cross the seas |
| 漂白水 | piǎo bái shuǐ | bleach |
| 打水漂 | dǎ shuǐ piāo | to skip stones (on water); (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment |
| 漂流者 | piāo liú zhě | drifter; whitewater rafter |
| 漂白剂 | piǎo bái jì | bleach |
| 洋漂族 | yáng piāo zú | lit. ocean drifting people; job-hopping foreigner |
| 漂白粉 | piǎo bái fěn | bleaching powder |
| 大陆漂移 | dà lù piāo yí | continental drift |
| 风雨漂摇 | fēng yǔ piāo yáo | variant of 風雨飄搖|风雨飘摇[feng1 yu3 piao1 yao2] |
| 漂白 | piǎo bái | to bleach; to whiten |
| 长漂 | cháng piāo | rafting on the Yangtze River (abbr. for 長江漂流|长江漂流[Chang2 Jiang1 piao1 liu2]) |
| 黄漂 | huáng piāo | rafting on the Yellow River (abbr. for 黃河漂流|黄河漂流[Huang2 He2 piao1 liu2]) |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting |
| 鱼漂 | yú piāo | fishing float |
| 北漂 | běi piāo | to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities; migrant worker livi… |
| 灰尾漂鹬 | huī wěi piāo yù | (bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes) |
| 漂亮话 | piào liang huà | fine-sounding but empty words |
| 爱漂亮 | ài piào liang | to like looking attractive (usually of girls); aestheticism |
| 漂走 | piāo zǒu | to float away; to drift; to be swept off |
| 漂游 | piāo yóu | drift |