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漂浮

piāo fú · piao fu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial
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Ducks at the night market

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，水盆(shuǐpén)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)好多(hǎoduō)小黄鸭(xiǎohuángyā)在(zài)漂浮(piāofú)！

    Look, there are lots of little yellow ducks floating in the basin!

  2. Liangliang

    这(zhè)是(shì)捞(lāo)小黄鸭(xiǎohuángyā)的(de)游戏(yóuxì)，一次(yīcì)五块钱(wǔkuàiqián)。

    It is a duck-fishing game. Five yuan a go.

  3. Dengdeng

    它们(tāmen)在(zài)水上(shuǐshàng)漂浮(piāofú)，一直(yīzhí)转圈(zhuànquān)，不好捞(bùhǎolāo)。

    They float on the water and keep spinning. They are hard to catch.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)试试(shìshì)！哇(wa)，我(wǒ)捞到(lāodào)最大(zuìdà)的(de)那(nà)只(zhī)了(le)！

    Let me try! Wow, I caught the biggest one!

  5. Dengdeng

    快(kuài)看(kàn)底下(dǐxia)，写(xiě)着(zhe)一等奖(yīděngjiǎng)！

    Quick, look underneath. It says first prize!

  6. Liangliang

    老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)，奖品(jiǎngpǐn)是(shì)一(yī)只(zhī)会(huì)漂浮(piāofú)的(de)小黄鸭(xiǎohuángyā)。

    The shopkeeper says the prize is a little duck that floats.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

池(chí)塘(táng)里(lǐ)漂(piāo)浮(fú)着(zhe)零(líng)星(xīng)的(de)几(jǐ)片(piàn)落(luò)叶(yè)。

A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Gustav249 · English by konkorde · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

白(bái)云(yún)漂(piāo)浮(fú)在(zài)蓝(lán)蓝(lán)的(de)天(tiān)空(kōng)中(zhōng)。

White clouds float in the blue sky.

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