浮萍

Chinese

		to float	duckweed
trad. (浮萍)		浮	萍
simp. #(浮萍)		浮	萍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-phêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúpíng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-pʻing²
    • Yale: fú-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwupyng
    • Palladius: фупин (fupin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ ping⁴
    • Yale: fàuh pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phêng
    • Tâi-lô: phû-phîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phupheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 浮萍

1. duckweed, especially the common duckweed ()
2. (figurative) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence

Synonyms

• (duckweed): (Hakka, Min Nan) 薸仔; (Min Nan) 水薸, 浮薸, 薸 (piáo)

Derived terms

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