Hěnduō lái běipiāo de niánqīngrén méiyǒu běndì hùkǒu.
Many young people who come to drift in Beijing have no local residence permit.
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漂 has three readings. First-tone piāo = to float / drift: 漂流, 漂泊, 北漂. Third-tone piǎo = to bleach: 漂白. Fourth-tone piào is used in 漂亮 (pretty).
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All three start from water: something rides the surface (float, piāo), is soaked pale in it (bleach, piǎo), and the result is clean and 漂亮 (pretty, piào).
Three-drops water on the left, indexing 漂 in the liquid family alongside 河, 海, 流. The base meaning is 'to float on water'; only by later metaphor did the pretty / glossy sense develop, picturing something that drifts gracefully on the surface.
Right side 票 supplies the sound. The same phonetic powers 飘 (to drift in the wind), 瓢 (gourd ladle), 剽 (to plunder). 票 originally pictured fire flaring upward, fitting the 'light, fluttering' flavour these characters share.
