浮游

fúyóu
verb #47,478

Meanings

  1. 1 to float; to drift (in water)
  2. 2 to roam; to wander
  3. 3 planktonic

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shuǐmǔ suízhe yángliú sìchù fúyóu.
Jellyfish drift wherever the ocean currents take them.
HSK 7-9
Tā niánqīng shí fúyóu sìfāng, jiànguò bùshǎo shìmiàn.
In his youth he roamed far and wide and saw a great deal of the world.

Tips

usage
Today the word lives mostly in biology: 浮游生物 is plankton, split into 浮游动物 (zooplankton) and 浮游植物 (phytoplankton). The sense 'to roam' is literary. Don't confuse it with 蜉蝣, the mayfly, which sounds the same.

Stroke Order

浮 fú
游 yóu