漂

to float / to drift

to bleach

elegant / polished

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

pretty / beautiful

(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence

to like looking attractive (usually of girls) / aestheticism

to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment

lit. ocean drifting people / job-hopping foreigner

see 漂浮[piao1 fu2]

swaying / tottering / unstable

to bleach and dye

to cross the ocean

to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit

continental drift