浮蕩

Chinese

		to float	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (浮蕩)		浮	蕩
simp. (浮荡)		浮	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúdàng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-tang⁴
    • Yale: fú-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwudanq
    • Palladius: фудан (fudan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ dong⁶
    • Yale: fàuh dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ tɔːŋ²²/

Verb

浮蕩

1. to flutter (in the wind); to sway; to float (on the water); to drift

Synonyms

• 飄蕩／飘荡 (piāodàng)

Adjective

浮蕩

1. frivolous; flippant
2. (of one's thinking, methods, etc.) false; superficial
3. boastful; pompous; pretentious; exaggerative

Synonyms

• (frivolous):

• 澆／浇 (literary, or in compounds)
• 癲狂／癫狂 (diānkuáng)
• 蹀躞 (diéxiè) (literary, dialectal)
• 輕佻／轻佻 (qīngtiāo)
• 輕浮／轻浮 (qīngfú)
• 輕狂／轻狂 (qīngkuáng)
• 輕薄／轻薄 (qīngbó)

 

• (false):

• 泛泛 (fànfàn)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 浮淺／浮浅 (fúqiǎn)
• 淺薄／浅薄 (qiǎnbó)
• 淺陋／浅陋 (qiǎnlòu)
• 皮相 (píxiàng) (literary)
• 膚淺／肤浅 (fūqiǎn)
• 虛浮／虚浮 (xūfú)
• 譾陋／谫陋 (jiǎnlòu) (literary)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
• 飄浮／飘浮 (piāofú)

 

• (boastful):

• 浮誇／浮夸 (fúkuā)
• 淫侈 (yínchǐ) (literary)
• 虛誇／虚夸 (xūkuā)