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fau4 pou4
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[1] float; drift; floating [2] superficial; shallow; hollow [3] frivolous; impetuous; unpractical [4] exceed; be surplus; be redundant Cantonese pronunciations: literary & most common [fau4], colloquial alternative [pou4]
  Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: 水 (#85)
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浮動
fau4 dung6 = float and drift; unstable
虛浮
heoi1 fau4 = coxcombry; flighty, superficial
浮現
fau4 jin6 = emerge; ray; rise
浮面
pou4 min6*2 = surface
浮動匯率
fau4 dung6 wui6 leot6*2 = floating rate
磁懸浮
ci4 jyun4 fau4 = MagLev; magnetic levitation (as in trains)
磁懸浮車
ci4 jyun4 fau4 ce1 = MagLev train
浮誇
fau4 kwaa1 = flamboyance, flamboyant
浮雕剪影
fau4 diu1 zin2 jing2 = cameo silhouettes
懸浮
jyun4 fau4 = suspend; to float suspended; suspensionSee all 18 compounds |
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