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Definitions
- 1. to float
- 2. superficial
- 3. floating
- 4. unstable
- 5. movable
- 6. provisional
- 7. temporary
- 8. transient
- 9. impetuous
- 10. hollow
- 11. inflated
- 12. to exceed
- 13. superfluous
- 14. excessive
- 15. surplus
Words Containing 浮
(of language or behavior) flippant and insincere
(computing)floating-point
frivolous
Buddha
Yunfu prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China
(bird species of China) white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
(idiom) frivolous
pumice
Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi
to float up
downward fluctuation (of prices etc)
the Louvre, museum in Paris
Mt Luofushan in Zengcheng county, Guangdong
to float in the air
pontoon bridge
to float
ups and downs (of life etc)
Yunfu prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
floating point operation
aerosol
afloat
bas-relief
fickle and impatient
suspended matter
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
lit. sinking and floating
skin-deep; superficial; shallow
to emerge
anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
Fushan county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
floating hell
maglev (type of train)
to glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later
Dr Faustus
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
see 漂浮[piāo fú]
flotation process
mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
to exaggerate
bar buoy
floating clouds
ostentatious
to float and drift
surface (of a liquid)
to float
movable property
buoyancy
relief sculpture
topsoil
BCD
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
(Buddhism) the world of the living
particulates
Fushan county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
to have one's ups and downs
buoy
ice pack
passing thought
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface)
to float (in the air etc)
to snorkel; snorkeling
seven floor pagoda
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[shěn fù], published 1808
to float up
duckweed
frivolous
swollen
to float about
edema (accumulation of interstitial fluids in internal organs)
(computing) floating-point number
lit. to live on a boat
(bird species of China) black tern (Chlidonias niger)
Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi
ukiyo-e
empty formality
UFO (loanword)
to let one's imagination roam
ice floe
(computing) floating point
pumice
to float
to appear before one's eyes
magnetic levitation (train)
Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
excessive
(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
BCD
feeble breath
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
plankton
to float up (idiom); to become evident
florid but insubstantial remarks