"To float" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 漂浮 | piāo fú | to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial |   |
| 飘 |  piāo | to float (in the air) / to flutter / to waft / complacent / frivolous / weak / shaky / wobbly | |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market) | |
| 飘逸 | piāo yì | graceful / elegant / to drift / to float | |
| 漂泊 | piāo bó | (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence | |
| 悬浮 | xuán fú | to float (in the air etc) / suspension | |
| 浮起 | fú qǐ | to float / to emerge | |
| 飘浮 | piāo fú | to float / to hover / also written 漂浮 | |
| 飘动 | piāo dòng | to float / to drift | |
| 流放 | liú fàng | to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream | |
| 浮游 | fú yóu | to float / to drift / to wander / variant of 蜉蝣[fu2 you2] | |
| 流荡 | liú dàng | to float / to tramp / to rove | |
| 浮 | fú | to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus | |
| 漂 | piāo | to float / to drift | |
| 飏 | yáng | to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread | |
| 氽 | tǔn | to float / to deep-fry | |
