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Chinese

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to float duckweed
trad. (浮萍)
simp. #(浮萍)
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (136) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /beŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /beŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /bɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /bɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /beŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /bieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /bʱieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu píng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 ping4

Noun

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浮萍

  1. duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor) (Classifier: m)
  2. (figurative) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence

Synonyms

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  • (duckweed):

Derived terms

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