漂
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Meanings
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- 1.used in 漂亮[piào liang]
- 1.to bleach
- 1.to float
- 2.to drift
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Wiktionary
- 1.to float (on a liquid); to drift
- 2.to shake; to wave
- 3.high and faraway
- 4.fast; swift
- 5.to lead a wandering life; to roam; to wander
- 6.to bleach
- 7.to rinse
- 8.to not pay; to fail to pay or repay
- 9.to fail
- 10.fast
- 11.used in 漂亮 (piàoliang, “beautiful”)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰew, *pʰews): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 票 (OC *pʰew) From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyaw (“swim, float, raft”) (STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007). :Inside Chinese, cognate with 浮 (OC *bu, “to float”), 柎 (OC *po, “raft”), 泭 (OC *pʰo, *bo) & 桴 (OC *bu, *pʰuw, “raft, beam”); :Outside Chinese, cognate with Tibetan འཕྱོ་བ ('phyo ba, “swim, float, soar”), & Jingpho [script needed] (pyau ~ byau, “fly, float; play, shoot, as a fish”).
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Related words
漂亮 pretty; beautiful漂浮 to float长漂 rafting on the Yangtze River (abbr. for 长江漂流[Cháng Jiāng piāo liú])鱼漂 fishing float浮漂 see 漂浮[piāo fú]漂游 drift黄漂 rafting on the Yellow River (abbr. for 黄河漂流[Huáng Hé piāo liú])漂绿 to greenwash漂移 to drift漂走 to float away; to drift; to be swept off漂摇 swaying漂洋 to cross the ocean