浮萍

Chinese

		to float	duckweed
trad. (浮萍)		浮	萍
simp. ^#(浮萍)		浮	萍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúpíng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ ping⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-phêng
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶veu-bin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúpíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúpíng
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-pʻing²
  - Yale: fú-píng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwupyng
  - Palladius: фупин (fupin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ ping⁴
  - Yale: fàuh pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phû-phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phupheeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶veu-bin
  - MiniDict: veu^去 bin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veu-bin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɤ²² bin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjuw beng

Rime
Character	浮	萍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	縛謀切	薄經切
Baxter	bjuw	beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨu/	/beŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/biu/	/beŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/biəu/	/bɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buw/	/bɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/biu/	/beŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭəu/	/bieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯u/	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fóu	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau⁴	ping⁴

Noun

浮萍

duckweed, especially the common duckweed (Lemna minor) (Classifier: 葉／叶 m)
(figurative) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence
- 俯觀萬物，擾擾焉如江漢之載浮萍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  俯观万物，扰扰焉如江汉之载浮萍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 3rd century, Liu Ling (劉伶), Ode to Drinking (《酒德頌》)
  Fǔ guān wànwù, rǎorǎo yān rú Jiāng Hàn zhī zài fúpíng. [Pinyin]
  He observes the creatures below, who whirl in confusion like floating weeds carried in a torrent.

Synonyms

(duckweed):

Dialectal synonyms of 浮萍 (“duckweed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浮萍
Mandarin	Beijing	浮萍
	Taiwan	浮萍
	Tianjin	浮萍
	Chengde	浮萍
	Tangshan	浮萍
	Cangzhou	浮萍
	Baoding	浮萍
	Shijiazhuang	蛤蟆衣, 綠不稜得
	Chifeng	浮萍
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	浮萍
	Heihe	浮萍
	Qiqihar	浮萍
	Harbin	浮萍草
	Jiamusi	浮萍
	Baicheng	浮萍
	Changchun	浮萍
	Tonghua	浮萍
	Shenyang	浮萍
	Dandong	浮萍
	Jinzhou	浮萍
	Dalian	浮萍
	Yantai	浮萍兒
	Qingdao	浮萍
	Lijin	水萍, 苲草
	Zhucheng	浮萍
	Jinan	浮萍
	Jining	浮萍
	Shangqiu	浮萍
	Zhengzhou	胡冰草
	Lingbao	水葫蘆
	Xinyang	浮薸
	Baihe	浮萍
	Hanzhong	浮萍
	Xi'an	浮萍, 浮萍草
	Baoji	浮萍
	Yinchuan	浮萍
	Tianshui	浮萍
	Lanzhou	浮萍
	Dunhuang	浮萍
	Xining	浮萍
	Hami	浮萍
	Ürümqi	浮萍
	Wuhan	浮萍
	Yichang	浮萍
	Xiangyang	浮萍
	Tianmen	浮萍, 浮行子
	Hong'an	浮薸
	Chengdu	浮薸
	Nanchong	浮薸
	Dazhou	浮薸
	Hanyuan	浮薸
	Xichang	浮萍
	Zigong	浮薸
	Chongqing	浮薸
	Guiyang	浮薸
	Zunyi	浮萍
	Bijie	浮萍, 浮薸
	Liping	浮萍, 泡頸草
	Zhaotong	浮薸
	Dali	浮萍
	Kunming	浮萍
	Mengzi	浮萍
	Guilin	浮萍, 浮薸
	Liuzhou	浮萍, 浮薸
Nanning (Wuming)	薸, 浮薸, 浮萍
Jishou	浮萍
Changde	浮萍
Anqing	浮萍
Xuzhou	浮浮草
Fuyang	浮萍, 浮萍草
Wuhu	浮萍
Yangzhou	浮萍, 浮萍草
Lianyungang	浮萍, 浮萍草
Lianshui	綠萍
Nanjing	浮萍
Hefei	浮萍
Nantong	浮萍草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	浮薸, 浮蕎
	Hong Kong	浮萍
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	浮仔, 浮薸
	Dongguan	浮蕎
	Nanning	薸, 浮薸
	Nanning (Tanka)	水浮薸
	Wuzhou	浮薸
	Yulin	浮水蓮
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	水鬼皮, 浮萍, 水浮蓮
	Hepu (Shatian)	浮萍, 浮蓮
	Guiping	浮萍
	Guiping (Mule)	水葫蘆
	Pingnan	薸
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	薸
	Guigang (Pingdong)	薸
	Beihai	浮蕎
	Beihai (Nankang)	水浮蓮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	蓮萍
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	浮萍
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	浮萍
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	浮薸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	浮蕎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	浮萍, 浮蕎
	Móng Cái	浮薸
Gan	Pengze	湖薸
Gan	Lichuan	薸
Hakka	Meixian	薸仔
	Xingning	薸, 薸哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	薸仔
	Huidong (Daling)	水浮蓮
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	薸哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	薸哩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	薸子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	浮薸
	Jiexi	薸
	Luhe	薸仔
	Changting	薸子
	Yongding	薸子
	Yongding (Xiayang)	薸子
	Yongding (Gaobei)	薸子
	Wuping	薸子
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	薸
	Wuping (Pingyu)	薸子
	Liancheng	薸
	Liancheng (Peitian)	薸
	Liancheng (Juxi)	薸
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	薸
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	浮萍
	Ninghua	薸
	Yudu	薸子
	Ruijin	薸子
	Shicheng	薸子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	薸子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薸仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	薸仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	薸仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	薸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	薸仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薸子
	Hong Kong	薸仔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	浮萍
	Sabah (Longchuan)	浮萍
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	薸
	Senai (Huiyang)	薸
	Bangkok (Meixian)	浮萍
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	浮草
Huizhou	Jixi	薸, 浮薸
Huizhou	Shexian	薸
Jin	Taiyuan	浮萍
	Yangyuan	浮萍
	Datong	浮萍
	Linfen	水花
	Changzhi	浮萍
	Jining	浮萍
	Pingshan	浮萍
	Zhangjiakou	浮萍
	Handan	浮萍
	Suide	浮萍
Northern Min	Jian'ou	薸
	Songxi	薸
	Jianyang	薸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薸
	Fuqing	薸
	Gutian	薸
	Ningde	薸
	Zhouning	薸
	Fuding	薸
Southern Min	Xiamen	薸, 水薸, 浮薸
	Quanzhou	薸, 水薸
	Yongchun	薸
	Zhangzhou	薸, 水薸, 浮薸
	Zhao'an	薸
	Taipei	薸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薸, 水薸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薸
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	薸
	Kaohsiung	水薸
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水薸
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	薸, 水薸
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	薸, 水薸
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	薸
	Yilan	水薸
	Yilan (Toucheng)	薸仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	薸
	Taichung	薸仔
	Tainan	薸
	Tainan (Anping)	水薸
	Hsinchu	薸
	Kinmen	薸
	Penghu (Magong)	薸
	Penghu (Xiyu)	水薸
	Penang (Hokkien)	水薸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水薸
	Longyan	薸
	Datian	薸
	Jieyang	薸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薸
	Leizhou	薸
	Haikou	薸, 水薸
Puxian Min	Putian	薸
	Putian (Donghai)	薸
	Xianyou	田薸
Central Min	Yong'an	薸
Central Min	Shaxian	薸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	薸, 浮薸
Wu	Shanghai	浮萍
	Suzhou	浮萍
	Wenzhou	薸
	Jinhua	薸
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	浮皮
Xiang	Loudi	浮皮

Derived terms

浮萍大海
浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
浮萍浪梗

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