飄飄

See also: 飘飘

Chinese

		to float	to float
trad. (飄飄)		飄	飄
simp. (飘飘)		飘	飘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāopiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄆㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāopiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaopiao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-pʻiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu-pyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaupiau
    • Palladius: пяопяо (pjaopjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

飄飄

1. (literary) fluttering in the wind

Derived terms

• 輕飄飄／轻飘飘 (qīngpiāopiāo)
• 飄飄然／飘飘然 (piāopiāorán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飄	飄
ひょう Hyōgaiji	ひょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 飄々

Adjective

飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう) • (hyōhyō) ^†-tari (adnominal 飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう)とした (hyōhyō to shita) or 飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう)たる (hyōhyō taru), adverbial 飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう)と (hyōhyō to) or 飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう)として (hyōhyō to shite))

1. whistling, blowing
2. aimless
3. aloof

Adverb

飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう) • (hyōhyō) 

1. blowing
2. aimlessly
3. in an aloof manner