piāo = pi + ao1
to float
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How to pronounce 飄

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

飄 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
piào = pi + ao4
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
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wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
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Characters with 飄 as component

飄 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 飄

drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Sentences with 飄

飄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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piāo

to float

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