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Jyutping piu1 fau4
Pinyin piāo fú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    (​常指​喺​水面​上​)​浮動
    (usu. of things on a water surface) to float
    • 有個玻璃樽喺海面漂浮喎!
      有个玻璃樽喺海面漂浮㖞!
      jau5 go3 bo1 lei1 zeon1 hai2 hoi2 min6 piu1 fau4 wo3!
      There is a glass bottle floating on the surface of the sea.
    • 香港好多廟宇嘅神像通常都有海上飄浮而嚟嘅由來傳説。
      香港好多庙宇嘅神像通常都有海上飘浮而嚟嘅由来传说。
      hoeng1 gong2 hou2 do1 miu6 jyu5 ge3 san4 zoeng6 tung1 soeng4 dou1 jau5 hou2 soeng6 piu1 fau4 ji4 lai4 ge3 jau4 loi4 cyun4 syut3.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to float
    (syn.) 飘忽, 飄忽
  2. adj
    superficial; showy (of style of work)
    (syn.) 谫陋, 飄浮, 淺薄, 虛浮, 膚淺, 鄙劣, 虚浮, 浮浅, 浅薄, 浮荡, 淺陋, 譾陋, 浮蕩, 皮相, 浮淺, 浮泛, 浅陋, 肤浅, 飘浮, 泛泛
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    池塘里漂浮着零星的几片落叶。
    池塘裏漂浮着零星的幾片落葉。
    chí táng lǐ piāo fú zhe líng xīng de jǐ piàn luò yè 。
    • A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.
  2. Mandarin
    木头会漂浮。
    木頭會漂浮。
    mù tou huì piāo fú 。
    • Wood floats.
  3. Mandarin
    她觉得浑身不自在,尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神却在遥远的风尘云雾中遥不可及,高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
    她覺得渾身不自在,儘管這個奇怪孩子的身體可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神卻在遙遠的風塵雲霧中遙不可及,高高地於想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
    tā jué de hún shēn bù zì zai , jǐn guǎn zhè ge qí guài hái zi de shēn tǐ kě néng zuò zài zhuō zi páng , dàn tā de jīng shén què zài yáo yuǎn de fēng chén yún wù zhōng yáo bù kě jí , gāo gāo dì yú xiǎng xiàng lì de chì bǎng shàng piāo fú 。
    • She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.
  4. Mandarin
    油漂浮在水上。
    油漂浮在水上。
    yóu piāo fú zài shuǐ shàng 。
    • Oil will float on water.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    漂浮
    漂浮
    piu1 fau4
    • to drift (on water)
  2. Cantonese
    有个玻璃樽喺海面漂浮㖞!
    有個玻璃樽喺海面漂浮喎!
    jau5 go3 bo1 lei1 zeon1 hai2 hoi2 min6 piu1 fau4 wo3!
    • There is a glass bottle floating on the surface of the sea.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    空气中存在许多污染物,其中漂浮在空气中类似灰尘的粒状物称为悬浮微粒
    空氣中存在許多污染物,其中漂浮在空氣中類似灰塵的粒狀物稱為懸浮微粒
    • There are many pollutants in the air, and the small particles that float in the air similar to dust are called particulate matter.