漂
piào
Pinyin

Definition

漂
 - 
piào
  1. elegant
  2. polished
漂
 - 
piāo
  1. to float
  2. to drift
漂
 - 
piǎo
  1. to bleach

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

漂亮
piào liang
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
漂泊
piāo bó
  1. 1 to drift (in the tide)
  2. 2 to rove
  3. 3 to lead a wandering existence
  4. 4 drifter
  5. 5 wanderer
漂流
piāo liú
  1. 1 to float on the current
  2. 2 to drift along or about
  3. 3 rafting
漂移
piāo yí
  1. 1 to drift
北漂
Běi piāo
  1. 1 migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit

Idioms (2)

血流漂杵
xuè liú piāo chǔ
  1. 1 enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
  2. 2 blood bath
风雨漂摇
fēng yǔ piāo yáo
  1. 1 tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a situation) unstable

Sample Sentences

每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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这件衣服五颜六色，真漂亮。
zhè jiàn yīfu wǔyánliùsè ，zhēn piàoliang 。
This clothing is very colourful. It’s pretty.
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我的）中文老师非常漂亮。
wǒ de ）Zhōngwén lǎoshī fēicháng piàoliang 。
My Chinese teacher is very beautiful.
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她很漂亮
tā hěn piàoliang
She is (quite) beautiful.
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欧洲的国家都很漂亮，我都喜欢，我都想去。
Ōuzhōu de guójiā dōu hěn piàoliang ，wǒ dōu xǐhuan ，wǒ dōu xiǎng qù 。
All European countries are beautiful. I like them all. I want to visit them all.
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我的衣服。我最漂亮的衣服。
wǒ de yīfu 。wǒ zuì piàoliang de yīfu 。
My clothes. My most beautiful clothes.
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我也觉得中国很漂亮。
wǒ yě juéde Zhōngguó hěn piàoliang 。
I also think China is beautiful.
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太漂亮了
tài piàoliang le
Too pretty
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这个女孩太漂亮了。
zhège nǚhái tài piàoliang le 。
This girl is too pretty.
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照骗:这里是指当你把自己的照片修饰得很漂亮，真人没有这么漂亮，这个照片不真实。
zhàopiàn zhèlǐ shì zhǐ dāng nǐ bǎ zìjǐ de zhàopiàn xiūshì děi hěn piàoliang ，zhēnrén méiyǒu zhème piàoliang ，zhège zhàopiàn bù zhēnshí 。
照骗: This means when you enhance your selfie, your real person is not as pretty as the picture. The picture is not real.
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