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飘飘然 (piāo piāo rán): Feeling light or smug (adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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飘飘然 consists of 3 characters.

飘 • piāo • wave to and fro; float; flutter • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

piāo飘

wave to and fro; float; flutter

飘 • piāo • wave to and fro; float; flutter • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

piāo飘

wave to and fro; float; flutter

然 • rán • correct; to be so; like that

rán然

correct; to be so; like that

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Pinyinpiāo piāo rán

Meaningfeeling light or smug; complacent

Characters3

HSK—

Syntaxadjective

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More common words that include characters from 飘飘然.

Words with 飘

飘扬piāo yángwave; flutter; fly
飘浮piāo fúfloat
飘荡piāo dàngdrift; float
飘逸piāo yìgraceful and flowing
轻飘飘qīng piāo piāolight as a feather, floating; frivolous
飘飘欲仙piāo piāo yù xiānto feel as if floating in the air; extremely happy or light

Words with 然

虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
当然dāng ránof course
然后rán hòuand then; after that
突然tū ránsuddenly
仍然

réng rán

still

既然jì ránsince

然而rán érhowever

竟然jìng rán[indicates unexpectedness]

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Example Sentences with 飘飘然

tā他

tīng听

dào到

biǎo表

yáng扬

hòu后

yǒu有

diǎn点

piāo飘

piāo飘

rán然

。

He felt a bit smug after hearing the praise.

bù不

yào要

yīn因

wèi为

yī一

diǎn点

chéng成

jì绩

jiù就

piāo

飘

piāo飘

rán然

。

Don't get complacent just because of a little achievement.