Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to float

Chinese: 漂在水面,也表示不稳定、不实在。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “fu” becomes a different word in each tone. 浮 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove
  • 浮现fú xiàn(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge
  • 浮躁fú zàofickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
  • 浮力fú lìbuoyancy
  • 上浮shàng fúto float up

Example Sentence

几片树叶浮在水面上。Jǐ piàn shù yè fú zài shuǐ miàn shàng.A few leaves float on the surface of the water.

small tablepiàndisk树叶shù yètree leavesto floatzàiat水面shuǐ miànwater surfaceshàngon