| 浮 | 961C40 63A.00-9 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄈㄨˊ [fu2] . (ㄈㄡˊ [fou2] , *ㄈㄨˋ [fu4] ). | ||
| V.i. | (1) To float, drift, appear on surface: 浮出水面 float on surface; 浮在眼前 (of remembered scenes) appear in the mind; 浮現 appear (of images, mirage); opp. 沉 [chen2]: 載浮載沉 now float up, now submerged － uncertain, insecure situation, see 浮沉 [fu2chen2]↓; 乘桴浮於海 float out to sea on a raft. (2) Exceed: 人浮於事 more personnel or candidates than work available; 罪浮於桀紂 crimes exceed those of well-known tyrants. (3) (*[fu4]) (Coll.) to swim: 浮水. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) Oft. prefixed to vbb., denoting excessive, irregular: 浮收 irregular levy; 浮報 false report of expenses; 浮借，浮記 entry in accounts as temporary loan. (2) Excessive: 浮額 extra, surplus number, sum; 浮利 gross income before deductions; 浮名，浮譽 empty reputation. (3) Flowery, ornate: 浮豔 purely ornamental; 浮詞，浮文 puerile verbiage; 浮言 baseless talk. (4) Floating, insecure, transient: 浮生若夢 this floating life is like a dream; 浮厝 transient burial ground. (5) Floating: 浮屍 floating corpse; 浮島 floating, shifting island; 浮煙 floating mist or smoke. (6) Vagrant, superficial, fickle, inconstant: 輕浮 volatile, flighty (of temperament); 浮泛，浮誇，浮華 [fu2fan4], [fu2kua1], [fu2hua2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 浮標 [fu2biao1], n., buoy. 2. 浮薄 [fu2bo2]1, adj., superficial (of knowledge). 3. 浮白 [fu2bo2]2, v.i., drink a forfeit, from 浮一大白 fine a cup (大白 possibly name of a cup). 4. 浮沉 [fu2chen2], adj. & v.i. & n., uncertain (-ty): 宦海浮沉 uncertainty of official career; 與世浮沉 follow the crowd without personal principles; adj. & v.i. & n., 付之浮沉 phr., of uncertain mail (may or may not reach addressee). 5. 浮塵子 [fu2chen2zi0], n., (bot.) a crop-destroying insect. 6. 浮簽 [fu2qian1], n., a pasted marginal note which can be removed. 7. 浮雕 [fu2diao1], n., bas-relief. 8. 浮動 [fu2dong4], adj. & v.i., (be) restless; (small insects) wriggle about; 浮動率 floating rate of exchange. 9. 浮泛 [fu2fan4], adj., vague, superficial. 10. 浮華 [fu2hua2], adj., extravagant, showy, luxurious. 11. 浮誇 [fu2kua1], v.i. & adj., boast, brag, vainglorious, ostentatious. 12. 浮浪 [fu2lang4], adj., vagrant, without fixed employment: 浮浪子弟 vagrant or unemployed persons. 13. 浮力 [fu2li4], n., buoyancy. 14. 浮面（兒） [fu2mian4] (fur-miah-'l), n., what floats on top, flotsam. 15. 浮沫 [fu2mo4]1, n., scum. 16. 浮沒 [fu2mo4]2, v.i., see [fu2chen2]↑. 17. 浮漚 [fu2ou1], n., bubbles on water surface. 18. 浮皮（兒） [fu2pi2] ([er0]), n., epidermis; cover (of brochures, etc.). 19. 浮萍 [fu2ping2], n., duckweed; symbol of uncertain life, chance meetings. 20. 浮生 [fu2sheng1], n., ephemeral, floating life; 浮生若夢 life is but a dream; 浮生六記 Six Chapters of a Floating Life, a famous autobiography. 21. 浮現 [fu2xian4], v.i., appear (of memory, image, submerged object). 22. 浮水 *[fu4shui3], v.i., to swim. 23. 浮世繪 [fu2shi4hui4], n., (Japanese) woodcut cartoon. 24. 浮石 [fu2shi2], n., pumice. 25. 浮臺 [fu2tai2], n., float (bathing beach). 26. 浮頭 [fu2tou2], n., floating scum, flotsam. 27. 浮屠 [fu2tu2], n., Buddha (also translated as 佛陀); pagoda; 浮屠道 Buddhism. 28. 浮子 [fu2zi0], n., float on fishing line. 29. 浮燥 [fu2zao4], adj., restless, violent-tempered, factious. 30. 浮妄 [fu2wang4], adj., false (of doctrine). 31. 浮偽 [fu2wei4], adj., false, misleading. 32. 浮餘 [fu2yU2], n., surplus. 33. 浮雲 [fu2yUn2], n., passing clouds, symbol of insubstantial glory: 浮雲朝露 passing clouds and morning dew, not lasting. | |||||