Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 漂

Modern (Beijing) reading: piāo

Preclassic Old Chinese: phew

Classic Old Chinese: phew

Western Han Chinese: phjaw

Eastern Han Chinese: phjaw

Early Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Late Postclassic Chinese: phjew

Middle Chinese: phjew

English meaning : to toss about

Russian meaning[s]: 1) плавать, носиться (по воде); 2) колыхаться (на ветру); 3) двигать; колыхать; [piǎo] 1) отмывать (хлопок); промывать, прополаскивать; 2) белить (ткань); [piào] 1) уплыть; перен. прогореть; 2) красивый, хорошенький

Comments: A somewhat later attested meaning is 'to float'. Viet. phao is colloquial;
standard Sino-Viet. is phiêu. Since Han the character has also obtained a
reading *phew-s, MC phjèw, Mand. piào (with an irregular variant piǎo),
Viet. phiếu 'to wash white, whiten'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 8182

Karlgren code: 1157 i

Vietnamese reading: phao

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phĕw(H)

Meaning: light; float

Chinese: 漂 *phew to float; 僄 *phew(s) light (not heavy).

Tibetan: ãphjo (p. ãphjos) to swim (fishes); to float, to soar, roam about.

Burmese: phawʔ to swim out, float on the surface; pawʔ be light, phawʔ lighten.

Kachin: pjau² to fly, flit.

Comments: Ben. 46.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1842

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 漂

MC description : A: 效開三上小滂; B: 效開三去笑滂

ZIHUI: A: 3343 1412; B: 3343 1414

Beijing: A: phiau 2; B: phiau 3

Jinan: A: phiɔ 11; B: phiɔ 3

Xi'an: A: phiau 2; B: phiau 3

Taiyuan: A: phiau 2; B: phiau 3

Hankou: A: phiau 2; B: phiau 3

Chengdu: A: phiau 2; B: phiau 3

Yangzhou: A: phɔ 3; B: phiɔ 11

Suzhou: A: phiä 2; B: phiä 2

Wenzhou: A: phiɛ 21; B: piɛ 21

Changsha: A: phiau 2; B: piau 31

Shuangfeng: A: phiǝ 2; B: phiǝ 31

Nanchang: A: phiɛu 2; B: phiɛu 2

Meixian: A: phiau 2; B: piau 11

Guangzhou: A: phiu 31; B: phiu 31

Xiamen: A: phiau 31 (lit.); phio 31; B: phiau 31 (lit.); phio 31

Chaozhou: A: phie 31; B: phiǝu 11

Fuzhou: A: phieu 31; B: phieu 31

Shanghai: A: phiɔ 3; B: phiɔ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: A: phiau 1; B:

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