缥缈

縹緲
piāomiǎo
adjective #27,825

Meanings

  1. 1 faintly discernible; misty and indistinct
  2. 2 ethereal; illusory; dreamlike

Examples

Shāndǐng de yúnwù piāomiǎo, wǎnrú xiānjìng.
The mist atop the mountain was ethereal, like a fairyland.
Tā de mèngxiǎng suīrán piāomiǎo, què cóng wèi fàngqì.
His dreams were elusive, yet he never gave up on them.

Tips

memory
Both characters contain the silk radical , evoking something gossamer-thin and light as silk floating in the air — barely visible, like mist. 虚无缥缈 (illusory and intangible) is the classic four-character compound.

Stroke Order

piāo
miǎo