飄搖

See also: 飘摇

Chinese

		to float	shake; to rock
trad. (飄搖)		飄	搖
simp. (飘摇)		飘	摇
alternative forms		飄颻／飘飖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāoyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ jiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiau-iâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāoyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaoyáo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-yao²
    • Yale: pyāu-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauyau
    • Palladius: пяояо (pjaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹ jiu⁴
    • Yale: pīu yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'iaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² iau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²³/

Verb

飄搖

1. to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter; to float in the wind
2. (figurative) to be unstable or turbulent