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

Yuǎn shān zài yúnwù zhōng xiǎnde piāomiǎo.
The distant mountains appeared ethereal in the mist.
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 (piāomiǎo, 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