縹緲

Chinese

		misty; indistinct	indistinct
trad. (縹緲)		縹	緲
simp. (缥缈)		缥	缈
variant forms		縹眇／缥眇縹渺／缥渺飄眇／飘眇飄渺／飘渺飄緲／飘缈縹眇／缥眇縹渺／缥渺飄眇／飘眇飄渺／飘渺飄緲／飘缈漂渺瞟眇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piāomiǎo, piǎomiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠㄇㄧㄠˇ, ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁵ miu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): phiau-biáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: piāomiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaumeau
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    縹緲／缥缈
    飄渺／飘渺
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: piǎomiǎo [Phonetic: piáomiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peaumeau
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: piu⁵ miu⁵
  - Yale: píuh míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁵ miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu⁵ miu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯¹³ miːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-biáu
  - Tâi-lô: phiau-biáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'biao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² biaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiaʊ³³ biaʊ⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

縹緲

(ideophonic, of object or person) high, far-away and appearing indistinctly; dimly discernible; misty
(ideophonic, of voice) clear and melodious; resounding
(in general) vague; unreal; dreamlike; fleeting

Derived terms

虛無縹緲／虚无缥缈 (xūwú-piāomiǎo)

Verb

縹緲

(literary) to drift in the wind or on water; to float; to flutter

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