飘 meaning in English

piāo

to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous

HSK 7-9verbadjectiveTraditional 飄15 strokes

Meaning of 飘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

piāo
  1. to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft
  2. complacent; frivolous
  3. weak; shaky; wobbly
piāo
  1. variant of 飄|飘[piao1]

飘 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

叶yè子zi慢màn慢màn的de飘piāo落luò下xià来lái。
The leaves slowly fell.
天tiān空kōng中zhōng飘piāo过guò一yī朵duǒ云yún。
A cloud floated across the sky.
他tā是shì世shì上shàng第dì一yí个gè在zài太tài空kōng中zhōng飘piāo浮fú的de人rén。
He was the first man to float in space.
天tiān空kōng飘piāo的de云yún很hěn美měi。
The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.
玫méi瑰guī的de香xiāng气qì在zài房fáng间jiān的de每měi一yí个gè角jiǎo落luò里lǐ飘piāo荡dàng著zhù。
The perfume of roses filled the room.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

飘 piāo · to float · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 飘.

阿飘āpiāo(coll.) ghost (Tw)
飘飘piāopiāoto float about; to flutter (in the breeze)
飘浮piāofúto float; to hover
飘扬piāoyángto wave; to flutter
飘荡piāodàngto drift; to wave
飘忽不定piāohūbùdìngto drift without a resting place (idiom); roving

Questions about 飘

What does 飘 mean?

飘 (piāo) means "to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 飘?

飘 is made of 1 character: 飘 (15 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 飘 an HSK word?

Yes. 飘 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 飘 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 飘 is written 飄.