飄搖

See also: 飘摇

Chinese

		to float	shake; to rock
trad. (飄搖)		飄	搖
simp. (飘摇)		飘	摇
alternative forms		飄颻／飘飖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāoyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ jiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiau-iâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāoyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaoyáo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-yao²
    • Yale: pyāu-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauyau
    • Palladius: пяояо (pjaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹ jiu⁴
    • Yale: pīu yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'iaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² iau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiew yew

Rime
Character	飄	搖
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	餘昭切
Baxter	phjiew	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu1	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew  lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飄	搖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9752	14704
Phonetic component	票	謠
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	爂	遙
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*lew/

Verb

飄搖

1. to sway in the wind; to shake; to totter; to float in the wind
2. (figurative) to be unstable or turbulent

Derived terms

• 風雨飄搖／风雨飘摇 (fēngyǔpiāoyáo)