浮
fú HSK6

to float

浮 fú
float verb
to float on the surface of a liquid or in the air

木头浮在水面上。

mù​tou fú zài shuǐ​miàn shàng.

Wood floats on water.

excessive idiom
surplus, superfluous, or exceeding a limit or requirement

这个部门目前人浮于事。

zhè gè bù​mén mù​qián rén fú yú shì.

This department is currently overstaffed.

impetuous expression
lacking steadiness, hollow, or flighty in character or disposition

年轻人容易心浮气躁。

nián​qīng​rén róng​yì xīn fú qì​zào.

Young people are prone to being flighty and impetuous.

superficial verb
pertaining to the surface; shallow or lacking depth

他这篇文章写得太浮，没有深入研究问题的本质。

tā zhè piān wén​zhāng xiě de tài fú, méi​yǒu shēn​rù yán​jiū wèn​tí de běn​zhì.

This article of his is too superficial and doesn't delve into the essence of the problem.

temporary verb
unstable, movable, provisional, or transient; not fixed

他在外地浮了多年，一直想找个机会回老家安定下来。

tā zài wài​dì fú le duō nián, yī​zhí xiǎng zhǎo gè jī​huì huí lǎo​jiā ān​dìng xià​lai.

He drifted around elsewhere for many years, always wanting to find a chance to settle down in his hometown.

to drink verb
to drink (especially of alcohol, often used in the context of drinking as a penalty or a toast)

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,462nd most common 76.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,929th most common 21.7 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.24 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
32.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6D6E

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