飘 (piāo) means Float (flutter - fall). Below are 10 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
天上 飘 着几朵云。
Tiān shàng piāo zhe jǐ duǒ yún.
A few clouds are drifting in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 飘
外面 飘 起了雪花。
Wàimiàn piāo qǐ le xuěhuā.
Snowflakes have begun to drift down outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 飘
国旗在风中 飘 扬。
Guóqí zài fēng zhōng piāoyáng.
The flag fluttered in the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飘扬
远处 飘 扬着歌声。
Yuǎnchù piāoyángzhe gēshēng.
Singing drifted from far away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飘扬
天上 飘 着几朵白云。
Tiān shàng piāo zhe jǐ duǒ báiyún.
A few white clouds are drifting in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 朵
天空 飘 着零星的雪花。
Tiānkōng piāozhe língxīng de xuěhuā.
Scattered snowflakes drifted in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 零星
厨房里 飘 着刚烘好的面包香。
Chúfáng lǐ piāozhe gāng hōng hǎo de miànbāo xiāng.
The smell of freshly baked bread drifted through the kitchen.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 烘
厨房里 飘 着一股香甜的气味。
Chúfáng lǐ piāozhe yì gǔ xiāngtián de qìwèi.
A sweet smell drifts through the kitchen.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气味
他被人吹捧了几句就 飘 飘 然了。
Tā bèi rén chuīpěng le jǐ jù jiù piāopiāorán le.
A few words of flattery went straight to his head.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吹捧
远远望去，一缕炊烟 飘 在山间。
Yuǎnyuǎn wàng qù, yì lǚ chuīyān piāo zài shān jiān.
Seen from afar, a wisp of kitchen smoke drifted among the hills.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炊烟
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Words that contain 飘
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 飘
How is 飘 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 飘 (piāo, "Float (flutter - fall)"), 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 飘 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 飘 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 飘 an HSK word?
Yes — 飘 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 飘?
The dictionary page for 飘 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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