泛
fàn HSK5

to drift

泛 fàn
suffuse verb
to be suffused with or to appear on the surface (a color, emotion, or odor)

看到自己心爱的人，她的脸上泛着笑容。

kàn​dào zì​jǐ xīn'ài de rén, tā de liǎn shàng fàn zhe xiào​róng.

A smile appeared on her face when she saw her beloved.

general verb
general, non-specific, extensive, or covering a wide scope (pan-)

他总是泛泛而谈，没有深入讨论。

tā zǒng​shì fàn fàn ér tán, méi​yǒu shēn​rù tǎo​lùn.

He always speaks in generalities and never goes into deep discussion.

float verb
(literary) to float on water or drift about

几只小船悠闲地泛在平静的湖面上。

jǐ zhī xiǎo chuán yōu​xián de fàn zài píng​jìng de hú​miàn shàng.

A few small boats floated leisurely on the calm surface of the lake.

flood verb
to flood, overflow, or inundate

雨后下水道堵塞，脏水一直往路面上泛。

yǔ hòu xià​shuǐ​dào dǔ​sè, zāng​shuǐ yī​zhí wǎng lù​miàn shàng fàn.

The sewers were blocked after the rain, and dirty water kept bubbling up onto the road.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,327th most common 92.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,509th most common 8.45 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.34 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
17.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6CDB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)