piāo = pi + ao1
to float / to drift
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piǎo = pi + ao3
to bleach
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piào = pi + ao4
elegant / polished
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How to pronounce 漂

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.

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+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

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= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

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+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

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= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

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+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

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漂 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
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"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]
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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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Characters with 漂 as component

piāo = pi + ao1
duckweed
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Words with 漂

pretty / beautiful
to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial
to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting

Sentences with 漂

漂 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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piāo / piǎo / piào

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