phất phơ
Pronunciation
Northern
/fət˧˥ fəː˧˧/
Central
/fə̰k˩˧ fəː˧˥/
Southern
/fək˧˥ fəː˧˧/
wandering aimlessly
3 senses
2 Components
Adjective
wandering aimlessly
Verb
flutter in wind
Adjective
perfunctory
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
wandering aimlessly
Properties & States
A state of moving around casually without a clear purpose or having a permanent place to live.
vi Anh ta sống cuộc đời phất phơ, không có nơi ở ổn định.
en He lives a wandering life without a permanent place to stay.
Sense 2
Adjective
perfunctory
An attitude of doing things without much effort or being interested only in trivial and non-serious matters.
vi Thái độ làm việc phất phơ của anh ta khiến sếp không hài lòng.
en His frivolous attitude at work makes the boss dissatisfied.
Verb
Sense 3
Verb
flutter in wind
To move lightly and quickly back and forth in the wind, like a piece of cloth or a flag.
vi Những lá cờ phất phơ trước gió bên đường.
en The flags are fluttering in the wind along the road.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
弗披
Candidates by syllable
phất
弗（拂 / 茀 / 𩂕）
phơ
披（抷）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.