漂流

piāoliú

verb HSK 7-9 #13,087

Meanings

1 to float on the current
2 to drift
3 rafting

Characters

to float; to drift

to flow; current

Examples

HSK 5

我们去漂流吧，很刺激的！

Wǒmen qù piāoliú ba, hěn cìjī de!

Let's go rafting, it's very exciting!

HSK 7-9

那个瓶子漂流了很多年才被冲到海滩上。

Nàge píngzi piāoliú le hěnduō nián cái bèi chōng dào hǎitān shàng.

The bottle drifted for years before washing up on the beach.

Tips

usage

漂流 can mean both literal drifting (like a bottle floating in water) and the recreational activity of white-water rafting, which is popular in southern China.

Stroke Order

漂 piāo

流 liú