漂
Meanings · piāo
- to float
- to drift
Meanings · piǎo
- to bleach
Meanings · piào
- used in 漂亮 piào liang
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- 漂
- piào · float, drift; tossed about
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1 · piao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
piu1 · piu3
Cantonese word readings for 漂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- to float (on a liquid); to drift
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shake; to wave
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) high and faraway
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fast; swift
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 飄 /飘 (piāo, “to drift (in air); to blow”)
- to lead a wandering life; to roam; to wander
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- to bleach
- to rinse
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to not pay; to fail to pay or repay
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fail
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fast
- used in 漂亮 (piàoliang, “beautiful”)
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