飄
piāo HSK7

whirlwind

飘 (飄) piāo
float verb
to float in the air, flutter, or waft

雪花在空中随风飘落。

xuě​huā zài kōng​zhōng suí fēng piāo​luò.

Snowflakes drifted down in the wind.

frivolous verb
complacent or frivolous in character or behavior; lacking substance

他得了奖之后，整个人都有点飘了。

tā dé le jiǎng zhī​hòu, zhěng gè rén dōu yǒu​diǎn piāo le.

He's gotten a bit full of himself since winning the award.

shaky verb
weak, shaky, or wobbly, especially regarding one's gait or physical state

他感冒还没好，走起路来脚下发飘。

tā gǎn​mào hái méi hǎo, zǒu qǐ lù lái jiǎo xià fā piāo.

He hasn't recovered from his cold yet, and his steps feel unsteady.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,527th most common 69.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,114th most common 16.1 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.79 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
30.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
飘
Strokes
20
Unicode
U+98C4

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