飄忽

Chinese

		to float	suddenly
trad. (飄忽)		飄	忽
simp. (飘忽)		飘	忽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piāohū

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ fat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiau-hut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piāohū
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠㄏㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piaohu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-hu¹
  - Yale: pyāu-hū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauhu
  - Palladius: пяоху (pjaoxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: piu¹ fat¹
  - Yale: pīu fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fɐt̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    飄忽 / 飘忽
    飄拂 / 飘拂
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-hut
  - Tâi-lô: phiau-hut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'hud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³ hut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ hut̚³²/

Adjective

飄忽

mobile; (of clouds, etc.) uncertain

Verb

飄忽

to move swiftly; (of clouds, etc.) to fleet

Synonyms

飄浮／飘浮 (piāofú)
漂浮 (piāofú)

Derived terms

飄忽不定 / 飘忽不定 (piāohūbùdìng)