Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced piao
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced piao, including 票 piào, 飘 piāo, 漂 piāo / piǎo / piào. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For piao, push a small puff of air on p, join it to iao, and hold the tone over the whole syllable.
Initial p
Start the syllable on the initial p, then run straight into the final iao — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final iao
Settle the final iao into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (票 piào, 飘 piāo, 漂 piāo / piǎo / piào) and lock in their tones. 3 common characters share the sound piao, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
piao turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 飘, 漂 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 票 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing piao inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
3 common characters in this group.