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Meaning of 浮

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Pinyin:
English Definition: to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
Chinese Definition:
①漂在水面上,与“沉”相对:浮桥。浮力。浮标。浮萍。浮泛。浮沉。漂浮。浮光掠影。
②表面的:浮皮儿。浮土。浮雕。
③空虚,不切实:浮夸。浮华。
④不沉静,不沉着:轻浮。浮躁。
⑤暂时的:浮记。浮支。
⑥可移动的:浮财。浮荡。浮吊。浮动。
⑦超过,多余:人浮于事。
⑧呈现,涌现:浮现。浮想。
⑨中医指脉搏浮在肌肤表层:浮脉。
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Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (water) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
浮动 dòng to float and drift; unstable
浮躁 zào fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
浮现 xiàn to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..)
飘浮 piāo to float; to hover; also written 漂浮
上浮 shàng to float up
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Example Sentences
1
Once during the night her sisters came up arm-in-arm, singing sorrowfully, as they floated on the water.
2
Interesting questions come to mind-- Is this a cover, and do I need to know the original?
3
Tell yourself that you're dreaming, and think of a story that involves flying.
4
If you swim there, you float as if you were in the ocean, a thousand miles away.
5
西
We looked at the walkway and saw people waving towels at us, then we looked further out to sea and saw what looked like blood, and a man's leg come up.