HSK 6 · Verbs

飘扬 piāoyáng “to flutter” in Chinese

Traditional 飄揚

What 飘扬 means

  1. to flutter
  2. to wave (in the wind)
  3. to wave
  4. to fly

How to say 飘扬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale飘piāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale扬yáng2nd tone, rising

飘扬 in a sentence

  1. 学校门口彩旗飘扬。

    Xuéxiào ménkǒu cǎiqí piāoyáng.

    Coloured flags were flying at the school gate.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的长头发在风中飘扬。

    Tā de cháng tóufa zài fēng zhōng piāoyáng.

    Her long hair streamed in the wind.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 飘扬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 飘 (piāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
飘piāoto float; to flutter; to waft
  • 票bank note · piàoSound part
  • 风wind · fēngMeaning part

风 hints at the meaning (wind); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with piāo.

The character 扬 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
扬yángto raise
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 昜bright · yángSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáng.

How to write 飘扬

飘 15 strokes · 扬 6 strokes

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飘扬 (piāoyáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 飘扬 (piāoyáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 飘扬

Words with 飘

飘piāo · to float (in the air)

Words with 扬

表扬biǎoyáng · to praise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise发扬fāyáng · to carry forward

More words: Common Verbs

培育péiyù · to cultivate捧pěng · to hold with both hands劈pī · to split漂浮piāofú · to float拼搏pīnbó · to struggle hard拼命pīnmìng · desperately泼pō · to splash破例pòlì · to make an exception

FAQs

飘扬 (piāoyáng) means “to flutter” or “to wave (in the wind)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it piāoyáng: piāo with a 1st tone, then yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 飘扬 is written 飄揚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type piaoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 飘扬 from the suggestions. Typing piaoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
飘扬 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.