漂泊

Chinese

		to bleach; elegant; polished to bleach; elegant; polished; to float; to drift	to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (漂泊)		漂	泊
simp. #(漂泊)		漂	泊
alternative forms		飄泊／飘泊 飄薄／飘薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāobó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): piu¹ bok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): piau¹ bok⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phiau-po̍k / phiau-pe̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): piao¹ boh⁸ / piou¹ boh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāobó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaobó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-po²
    • Yale: pyāu-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaubor
    • Palladius: пяобо (pjaobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹ bok⁶
    • Yale: pīu bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ pɔːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: piau¹ bok⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiau³³ pɔk̚³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'pok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³ pɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'pek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: piao¹ boh⁸ / piou¹ boh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiau po̍h / phiou po̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiau³³⁻²³ poʔ⁴/, /pʰiou³³⁻²³ poʔ⁴/

Verb

漂泊

1. to drift about on water; to float
2. (figurative) to rove; to live a wandering life; to have no fixed place to live

Synonyms

• (to drift about on water): 漂流 (piāoliú)
• (to rove):

• 沒落／没落 (mòluò) (literary)
• 流浪 (liúlàng)
• 流落 (liúluò)
• 流蕩／流荡 (liúdàng)
• 流離／流离 (liúlí)
• 淪落／沦落 (lúnluò)
• 飄蕩／飘荡 (piāodàng)