飘渺

飄渺
piāomiǎo
adjective #33,046

Meanings

  1. 1 faintly discernible
  2. 2 ethereal
  3. 3 misty and indistinct
  4. 4 ephemeral

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yuǎn shān zài yúnwù zhōng xiǎnde piāomiǎo.
The distant mountains appeared ethereal in the mist.
HSK 7-9
Tā de gēshēng piāomiǎo dòngtīng.
Her singing was hauntingly ethereal.

Tips

usage
飘渺 evokes something half-seen, half-imagined, distant peaks in cloud, fairy palaces, fading music, dreams. Common in classical poetry and contemporary fantasy/wuxia. Also written 缥缈 (same pronunciation, with silk radical), both forms are accepted.
memory
(drift, float) + (vast and distant, note water radical, suggesting things lost in vastness). The image: something drifting at the edge of perception.

Stroke Order

piāo
miǎo