漂 piāo / piào / piǎo in a sentence
Float (drift); Elegant (polished); To bleach (rinse)
漂 (piāo / piào / piǎo) means Float (drift), Elegant (polished), To bleach (rinse). Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这些花真 漂 亮。
Zhèxiē huā zhēn piàoliang.
These flowers are really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 花
你的手表真 漂 亮。
Nǐ de shǒubiǎo zhēn piàoliang.
Your watch is really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 真
她的字写得很 漂 亮。
Tā de zì xiě de hěn piàoliang.
She writes characters beautifully.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 漂亮
演出的服装很 漂 亮。
Yǎnchū de fúzhuāng hěn piàoliang.
The costumes for the show are beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 服装
封面的设计很 漂 亮。
Fēngmiàn de shèjì hěn piàoliang.
The cover design is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设计
房间装饰得很 漂 亮。
Fángjiān zhuāngshì de hěn piàoliang.
The room is beautifully decorated.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 装饰
她今天打扮得很 漂 亮。
Tā jīntiān dǎban de hěn piàoliang.
She is dressed up beautifully today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打扮
这块布的颜色很 漂 亮。
Zhè kuài bù de yánsè hěn piàoliang.
The colour of this cloth is lovely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 布
一叶小舟 漂 在湖面上。
Yí yè xiǎo zhōu piāo zài húmiàn shang.
A little boat drifted on the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舟
这件衣服的颜色很 漂 亮。
Zhè jiàn yīfu de yánsè hěn piàoliang.
The colour of this piece of clothing is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 颜色
水面上 漂 浮着几片树叶。
Shuǐmiàn shang piāofúzhe jǐ piàn shùyè.
A few leaves float on the surface of the water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漂浮
这块布上有 漂 亮的图案。
Zhè kuài bù shang yǒu piàoliang de tú'àn.
This cloth has a beautiful pattern on it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 图案
这只贝壳的花纹非常 漂 亮。
Zhè zhī bèiké de huāwén fēicháng piàoliang.
The pattern on this shell is very beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贝壳
地面上镶嵌着 漂 亮的花纹。
Dìmiàn shang xiāngqiànzhe piàoliang de huāwén.
A beautiful pattern is inlaid in the floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镶嵌
他的想法有点 漂 浮，不够踏实。
Tā de xiǎngfǎ yǒudiǎn piāofú, bú gòu tāshi.
His ideas are a little airy and not grounded enough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漂浮
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From the graded readers
丽丽很高，也很 漂 亮。
lí lí hěn gāo, yě hěn piàoliang.
Lili is tall and pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
小白是白色的，很 漂 亮。
xiǎo bái shì báisè de / dì, hěn piàoliang.
Xiaobai is white and very pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
商店里的衣服很多，很 漂 亮。
shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.
There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
Words that contain 漂
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 漂
How is 漂 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 漂 (piāo / piào / piǎo, "Float (drift), Elegant (polished), To bleach (rinse)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 漂 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 漂 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 漂?
The dictionary page for 漂 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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