浮 fú

1. fú verb to float; to drift; to waft
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Barnes 2007. p. 57; Guoyu '浮' v 1; Kroll 2015 '浮' 1, p. 120; Unihan '浮'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351; XHZD '浮' 1)
2. fú verb to exceed; to surpass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 超过 (Guoyu '浮' v 3; Kroll 2015 '浮' 1b, p. 120; Unihan '浮')
3. fú adjective excessive; superfluous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '浮'; XHZD '浮' 6)
4. fú adjective superficial; frivolous; not substantial
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '浮' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '浮' 2, p. 120; XHZD '浮' 2)
5. fú adjective impermanent; fleeting; provisional; temporary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 暂时 (Kroll 2015 '浮' 2a, p. 120; XHZD '浮' 3)
6. fú adjective empty; void; false
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 虚 (Guoyu '浮' adj 3; XHZD '浮' 5)
7. fú verb to appear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 显现 (Guoyu '浮' v 2)
8. fú noun a penalty in a drinking game
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '浮' 4, p. 120)
9. fú verb to sail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '浮' 1a, p. 120)
10. fú verb to drift from one place to the next
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a person (Kroll 2015 '浮' 3, p. 120)
11. fú verb to immerse; to soak
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '浮' 5, p. 120)

Contained in

• 浮沉 ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
• 浮游 to float; to drift; to wander ; mayfly
• 浮着(浮著) afloat
• 浮薄 frivolous; philandering
• 浮动汇率制(浮動匯率制) floating exchange rate
• 浮面 surface (of a liquid); superficial
• 人浮于事(人浮於事) more hands than needed; too many cooks spoil the broth
• 浮潜(浮潛) to snorkel
• 漂浮 to buoy; to float
• 浮云蔽白日(浮雲蔽白日) floating clouds obscure the white sun
• 磁浮 maglev (type of train); magnetic levitation
• 阎浮树(閻浮樹) jampu; jambul
• 浮云朝露(浮雲朝露) floating clouds, morning dew; ephemeral nature of human existence
• 飘浮(飄浮) to float; to hover
• 悬浮微粒(懸浮微粒) particulates; particulate matter
• 浮海 to go by sea
• 浮质(浮質) aerosol
• 浮财(浮財) movable property; money and belongings; non-real estate assets
• 虚文浮礼(虛文浮禮) empty formality
• 幽浮 UFO; unidentified flying object; space ship
• 浮家泛宅 to live on a boat; to drift from place to place
• 浮世绘(浮世繪) ukiyo-e
• 浮签(浮簽) a sticker
• 浮力定律 Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
• 浮想 passing thought; an idea that comes into one's head; recollection
• 浮点运算(浮點運算) floating point operation
• 浮力调整装置(浮力調整裝置) BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
• 沉浮 bobbing up and down in the water ; to flourish and then decline ; changes in fortune; vicissitudes ; a multitude
• 浮泛 to float about; (of a feeling) to show on the face; (of speech, friendship etc) shallow; vague
• 浮出水面 to float up; to become evident; to surface; to appear
• 浮力调整背心(浮力調整背心) BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
• 浮游生物 plankton
• 浮气(浮氣) feeble breath; frivolity; flippancy
• 浮利 mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
• 浮动(浮動) to float and drift ; to be unstable
• 浮力 buoyancy
• 下浮 downward fluctuation (of prices etc)
• 有沉有浮 to have one's ups and downs
• 轻浮(輕浮) frivolous; careless; giddy
• 浮词(浮詞) florid but insubstantial remarks; misleading way of saying something
• 沈浮 bobbing in and out of the water
• 空中飘浮(空中飄浮) to float in the air

Also contained in

云浮 、 浮点数 、 卢浮宫 、 浮生六记 、 浮点型 、 浮石面 、 浮山县 、 罗浮山 、 浮点

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三十三 朱馮虞鄭周列傳 Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 31
• 卷114 釋老志十 Volume 114: Treatise 10 - Buddhism and Daoism Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 15
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 卷十二 王劉張李彭盧列傳 Volume 12: Biographies of Wang, Liu, Zhang, Li, Peng, Lu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 12
• 卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 11
• 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 10

Collocations

• 浮江 (浮江) 身鴟夷而浮江 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 8
• 浮浮 (浮浮) 雨雪浮浮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧角弓 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Jiao Gong — count: 6
• 浮阳 (浮陽) 浮陽之魚也 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 5
• 浮说 (浮說) 之浮說 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 存韓第二 Chapter 2: The Preservation of State of Han — count: 5
• 浮淫 (浮淫) 夏浮淫 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說疑第四十四 Chapter 44: Expressing Doubts — count: 4
• 浮大海 (浮大海) 從浮大海 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷十 重黎 Chapter 10: Chong and Li — count: 4
• 浮之江 (浮之江) 浮之江中 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 3
• 浮沈 (浮沈) 與神浮沈 — New Discussions 新語, 卷上　道基第一　術事第二　輔政第三　無為第四　辨惑第五　慎微第六　Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 浮子 (浮子) 君命浮子 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman — count: 3
• 浮磬 (浮磬) 泗濱浮磬 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 3