浮薸

Chinese

		to float	duckweed
trad. (浮薸)		浮	薸
simp. #(浮薸)		浮	薸
alternative forms		浮瓢 浮萍 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu² piao¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ piu^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phû-phiô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pu⁵ pio⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu² piao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fupiao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹ pʰiau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ piu^4-2
    • Yale: pòuh píu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ piu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ piu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ pʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phiô
    • Tâi-lô: phû-phiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuphiooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² pʰio¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² pʰio²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pu⁵ pio⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû phiô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰio⁵⁵/

Noun

浮薸

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew, Huizhou) duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor)

   • 我唔願做一葉浮萍　任世俗個風隨流漂泊 [Teochew, trad.]
     我唔愿做一叶浮萍　任世俗个风随流漂泊 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 2020, 潮汕鱼儿, lyrics by 慧来藏, 浮萍

     ua² m⁶ nguang⁶ zo³ zêg⁸ hioh⁸ pu⁵ pio⁵, rim⁶ si³ sog⁸ gai⁵ huang¹ sui⁵ liu⁵ piao¹ boh⁸ [Peng'im]

     I am not willing to be a leaf of duckweed, brought along the currents by the winds of the world

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 浮萍 (“duckweed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浮萍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	浮萍
	Taiwan	浮萍
	Chengde	浮萍
	Chifeng	浮萍
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	浮萍
	Heihe	浮萍
	Qiqihar	浮萍
	Harbin	浮萍草
	Jiamusi	浮萍
	Baicheng	浮萍
	Changchun	浮萍
	Tonghua	浮萍
	Shenyang	浮萍
	Jinzhou	浮萍
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	浮萍
	Tangshan	浮萍
	Cangzhou	浮萍
	Baoding	浮萍
	Shijiazhuang	蛤蟆衣, 綠不稜得
	Lijin	水萍, 苲草
	Jinan	浮萍
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	浮萍
	Dandong	浮萍
	Yantai	浮萍兒
	Qingdao	浮萍
	Zhucheng	浮萍
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	水葫蘆
	Jining	浮萍
	Linfen	水花
	Shangqiu	浮萍
	Zhengzhou	胡冰草
	Xinyang	浮薸
	Baihe	浮萍
	Xi'an	浮萍, 浮萍草
	Baoji	浮萍
	Tianshui	浮萍
	Xining	浮萍
	Xuzhou	浮浮草
	Fuyang	浮萍, 浮萍草
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	浮萍
	Lanzhou	浮萍
	Dunhuang	浮萍
	Hami	浮萍
	Ürümqi	浮萍
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	浮薸
	Nanchong	浮薸
	Dazhou	浮薸
	Hanyuan	浮薸
	Xichang	浮萍
	Zigong	浮薸
	Chongqing	浮薸
	Wuhan	浮萍
	Yichang	浮萍
	Xiangyang	浮萍
	Tianmen	浮萍, 浮行子
	Guiyang	浮薸
	Zunyi	浮萍
	Bijie	浮萍, 浮薸
	Liping	浮萍, 泡頸草
	Zhaotong	浮薸
	Dali	浮萍
	Kunming	浮萍
	Mengzi	浮萍
	Guilin	浮萍, 浮薸
	Liuzhou	浮萍, 浮薸
	Nanning (Wuming)	薸, 浮薸, 浮萍
	Jishou	浮萍
	Changde	浮萍
	Hanzhong	浮萍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	浮萍
	Yangzhou	浮萍, 浮萍草
	Lianyungang	浮萍, 浮萍草
	Lianshui	綠萍
	Nantong	浮萍草
	Anqing	浮萍
	Wuhu	浮萍
	Hefei	浮萍
	Hong'an	浮薸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	浮薸, 浮蕎
	Hong Kong	浮萍
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	浮仔, 浮薸
	Dongguan	浮蕎
	Nanning	薸, 浮薸
	Nanning (Tanka)	水浮薸
	Wuzhou	浮薸
	Yulin	浮水蓮
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	水鬼皮, 浮萍, 水浮蓮
	Hepu (Shatian)	浮萍, 浮蓮
	Guiping	浮萍
	Guiping (Mule)	水葫蘆
	Pingnan	薸
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	薸
	Guigang (Pingdong)	薸
	Beihai	浮蕎
	Beihai (Nankang)	水浮蓮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	蓮萍
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	浮萍
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	浮萍
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	浮薸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	浮蕎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	浮萍, 浮蕎
	Móng Cái	浮薸
Gan	Pengze	湖薸
	Lichuan	薸
Hakka	Meixian	薸仔
	Xingning	薸, 薸哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	薸仔
	Huidong (Daling)	水浮蓮
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	薸哩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	薸子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	浮薸
	Jiexi	薸
	Luhe	薸仔
	Changting	薸子
	Longyan (Yongding)	薸子
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	薸子
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	薸子
	Wuping	薸子
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	薸
	Wuping (Pingyu)	薸子
	Liancheng	薸
	Liancheng (Peitian)	薸
	Liancheng (Juxi)	薸
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	薸
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	浮萍
	Ninghua	薸
	Yudu	薸子
	Ruijin	薸子
	Shicheng	薸子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	薸子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薸仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	浮冇草
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	水披
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	薸仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	水薸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	薸仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	薸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	薸仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薸子
	Hong Kong	薸仔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	浮萍
	Sabah (Longchuan)	浮萍
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	薸
	Senai (Huiyang)	薸
	Bangkok (Meixian)	浮萍
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	浮草
Huizhou	Jixi	薸, 浮薸
	Shexian	薸
	Fuliang	青薸
	Fuliang (Ehu)	薸
Jin	Taiyuan	浮萍
	Yangyuan	浮萍
	Datong	浮萍
	Changzhi	浮萍
	Jining	浮萍
	Pingshan	浮萍
	Zhangjiakou	浮萍
	Handan	浮萍
	Suide	浮萍
Northern Min	Jian'ou	薸
	Songxi	薸
	Jianyang	薸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薸
	Fuqing	薸
	Gutian	薸
	Ningde	薸
	Zhouning	薸
	Fuding	薸
Southern Min	Xiamen	薸, 水薸, 浮薸
	Quanzhou	薸, 水薸
	Yongchun	薸
	Zhangzhou	薸, 水薸, 浮薸
	Zhao'an	薸
	Taipei	薸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薸, 水薸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薸
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	薸
	Kaohsiung	水薸
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水薸
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	薸, 水薸
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	薸, 水薸
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	薸
	Yilan	水薸
	Yilan (Toucheng)	薸仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	薸
	Taichung	薸仔
	Tainan	薸
	Tainan (Anping)	水薸
	Hsinchu	薸
	Kinmen	薸
	Penghu (Magong)	薸
	Penghu (Xiyu)	水薸
	Penang (Hokkien)	水薸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水薸
	Longyan	薸
	Datian	薸
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	水薸
	Jieyang	薸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薸
	Leizhou	薸
	Haikou	薸, 水薸
Puxian Min	Putian	薸
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	薸
	Xianyou	田薸
Central Min	Yong'an	薸
	Sanming (Shaxian)	薸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	薸, 浮薸
Wu	Shanghai	浮萍
	Suzhou	浮萍
	Wenzhou	薸
	Jinhua	薸
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	浮皮
Xiang	Loudi	浮皮
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	薸
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	薸
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	薸
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	薸哩
	Renhua (Shitang)	薸
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	薸
	Lechang (Changlai)	薸
	Lechang (Beixiang)	薸
	Lechang (Huangpu)	薸
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	薸
	Lechang (Sanxi)	薸