浮萍
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[edit]to float | duckweed | ||
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trad. (浮萍) | 浮 | 萍 | |
simp. #(浮萍) | 浮 | 萍 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fau4 ping4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-phêng
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6veu-bin6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fúpíng
- Wade–Giles: fu2-pʻing2
- Yale: fú-píng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwupyng
- Palladius: фупин (fupin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fau4 ping4
- Yale: fàuh pìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fau4 ping4
- Guangdong Romanization: feo4 ping4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phêng
- Tâi-lô: phû-phîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: phupheeng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: bjuw beng
Noun
[edit]浮萍
- duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor) (Classifier: 葉/叶 m)
- (figurative) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence
- 俯觀萬物,擾擾焉如江漢之載浮萍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 3rd century, Liu Ling (劉伶), Ode to Drinking (《酒德頌》)
- Fǔ guān wànwù, rǎorǎo yān rú Jiāng Hàn zhī zài fúpíng. [Pinyin]
- He observes the creatures below, who whirl in confusion like floating weeds carried in a torrent.
俯观万物,扰扰焉如江汉之载浮萍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
[edit]- (duckweed):
Dialectal synonyms of 浮萍 (“duckweed”) [map]
Derived terms
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- zh:Arum family plants
- zh:Water plants