"drift" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 漂浮 | to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial | syn | |
| 飘逸 飄逸 | graceful / elegant / to drift / to float | syn | |
| 漂泊 | (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence | syn | |
| 飘荡 飄盪 | to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind | syn | |
| 飘动 飄動 | to float / to drift | syn | |
| 飘散 飄散 | to waft (through the air) / to drift | syn | |
| 漂移 | to drift | syn | |
| 浮游 浮遊 | to float / to drift / to wander / variant of 蜉蝣[fu2 you2] | syn | |
| 颠沛流离 顛沛流離 | homeless and miserable (idiom) / to wander about in a desperate plight / to drift | syn | |
| 滑移 | to slip / to drift | ||
| 漂 | to float / to drift | syn | |
| 飘移 飄移 | to drift | ||
| 漂游 漂遊 | drift | ||
| 滑胎 | drift (car racing technique) / (TCM) recurrent miscarriage / habitual abortion | ||
| 漂走 | to float away / to drift / to be swept off | ||
| 漂走 | to float away / to drift / to be swept off |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 流 | to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade | syn | |
| 流浪 | to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant | syn | |
| 疏远 疏遠 | to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement | syn | |
| 浮动 浮動 | to float and drift / unstable | syn | |
| 流入 | to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow | syn | |
| 漂流 | to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting | syn | |
| 游离 遊離 | to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) | ||
| 随波逐流 隨波逐流 | to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly | syn | |
| 浮沉 | ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge | syn | |
| 随波 隨波 | to drift with the waves | ||
| 放任自流 | to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire | syn | |
| 飘拂 飄拂 | to drift lightly | syn | |
| 苟且偷生 | to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence | syn | |
| 流网 流網 | drift net (fishing) | ||
| 混 | to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless | syn | |
| 浮家泛宅 | lit. to live on a boat / to drift from place to place (idiom) | ||
| 浪迹江湖 浪跡江湖 | to roam far and wide / to drift with the wind | ||
| 韦格纳 韋格納 | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift / also written 魏格納|魏格纳 | ||
| 沉积漂移 | sediment drift / sedimentary drift | ||
| 拖缆漂移 拖纜漂移 | streamer feathering / feathering / streamer drift / cable drift | ||
| 流网捕鱼 流网捕魚 | drift-netting / drift-net fishing | ||
| 大陆漂移 大陸漂移 | continental drift | ||
| 偏角 | angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence | ||
| 偏转角 偏轉角 | angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence | ||
| 苟存 | to drift through life | ||
| 讨生活 討生活 | to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly | ||
| 随波逊流 隨波遜流 | to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly | ||
| 魏格纳 魏格納 | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift | ||
| 块冰 | drift ice / ice pack / pack ice; | ||
| 农药飘失 農藥飄失 | pesticide drift | ||
| 海洋水层流网捕鱼 海洋水層流网捕魚 | pelagic drift-net fishing | ||
| 漂移轨道 漂移軌道 | drift orbit | ||
| 轨道漂移 軌道漂移 | orbit drift | ||
| 北太平洋漂流 | North Pacific drift | ||
| 南太平洋流网捕鱼会议 南太平洋流網捕魚會議 | South-Pacific Drift-net Fishing Conference | ||
| 飘忽不定 飄忽不定 | to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic |