HSK 5 · Verbs

飘 piāo “to float (in the air)” in Chinese

Traditional 飄

What 飘 means

  1. to float (in the air)
  2. to drift
  3. to flutter
  4. to waft
  5. complacent
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • frivolous
  • weak
  • shaky
  • wobbly

How to say 飘

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale飘piāo1st tone, high and level

飘 in a sentence

  1. 一朵白云在蓝天上飘。

    Yì duǒ báiyún zài lántiān shàng piāo.

    A white cloud floats in the blue sky.

    Sentence #345987 from Tatoeba

  2. 天空中飘过一朵云。

    Tiānkōng zhōng piāoguò yì duǒ yún.

    A cloud floated across the sky.

    Sentence #13725599 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 她的一头金发在夏日的微风中飘荡。

    Tā de yì tóu jīnfà zài xiàrì de wēifēng zhōng piāodàng.

    Her blonde hair drifted in the summer breeze.

    Sentence #1401749 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 飘 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.

How to write 飘

飘 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 飘

Words with 飘

飘扬piāoyáng · to flutter

More words: Common Verbs

培养péiyǎng · to cultivate配合pèihé · to cooperate批pī · measure word for batches or groups披pī · to drape over one’s shoulders平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average破坏pòhuài · to destroy抢qiǎng · to snatch

FAQs

飘 (piāo) means “to float (in the air)” or “to drift”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it piāo: piāo with a 1st 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 is written 飄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type piao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 飘 from the suggestions. Typing piao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
飘 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.