浮萍

Chinese

		to float	duckweed
simp. and trad. (浮萍)		浮	萍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúpíng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ ping⁴
Min Nan (POJ): phû-phêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fúpíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwupyng
  - IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ ping⁴
  - Yale: fàuh pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ ping⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phû-phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phupheeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

浮萍

duckweed, especially the common duckweed (Lemna minor)
(figuratively) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence

Derived terms

浮萍大海
浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗

浮萍浪梗

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