# 浮萍
## Chinese

* 浮萍

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fúpíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fau$^4$ ping$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-phêng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$veu-bin$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fúpíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fúpíng
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-pʻing$^2$
*** Yale: fú-píng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwupyng
*** Palladius: фупин (fupin)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fau$^4$ ping$^4$
*** Yale: fàuh pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fau$^4$ ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: feo$^4$ ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-phêng
*** Tâi-lô: phû-phîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phupheeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$veu-bin$_6$
*** MiniDict: veu$^去$ bin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$veu-bin$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɤ²² bin⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: bjuw beng
Rime :
| Character | 浮 | 萍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 縛謀切 | 薄經切 |
| Baxter | bjuw | beng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨu/ | /beŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biu/ | /beŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəu/ | /bɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buw/ | /bɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /biu/ | /beŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəu/ | /bieŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u/ | /bʱieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fóu | píng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^4$ | ping$^4$ |

### Noun

浮萍
* duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor) (Classifier: 葉／叶 m)
* (figurative) having no fixed whereabouts; drifting life; wandering existence
    From: c. 3rd century, Liu Ling (劉伶), Ode to Drinking (《酒德頌》)
    Fǔ guān wànwù, rǎorǎo yān rú Jiāng Hàn zhī zài fúpíng. [Pinyin]
    He observes the creatures below, who whirl in confusion like floating weeds carried in a torrent.

#### Synonyms

* (duckweed):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 浮萍草 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛤蟆衣, 綠不稜得 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 水萍, 苲草 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 浮萍兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 水葫蘆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 水花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 胡冰草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 浮薸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 浮浮草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 浮萍, 浮行子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 浮萍, 泡頸草 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 薸, 浮薸, 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 綠萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 浮薸, 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 浮仔, 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 水浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 浮水蓮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 水鬼皮, 浮萍, 水浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 浮萍, 浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 水葫蘆 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 水浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蓮萍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 浮萍, 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 浮薸 |
| Gan | Pengze | 湖薸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 薸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 薸, 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 水浮蓮 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 浮薸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 薸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 薸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 浮冇草 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 水披 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 水薸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 浮草 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 薸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Datong | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Jining | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Handan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Suide | 浮萍 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 薸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 薸 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 薸, 水薸, 浮薸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 薸, 水薸, 浮薸 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 薸仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 薸仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 薸, 水薸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 薸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 薸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 田薸 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 薸 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 薸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 浮萍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 浮萍 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 薸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 薸 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 浮皮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 浮皮 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 薸哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 薸 |

#### Derived terms

* 浮萍大海
* 浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
* 浮萍浪梗