浮起

fúqǐ
  1. to float
  2. to emerge

CEDICT

Examples

石头不会浮起来。

Stones don't swim.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 浮 fú
  1. to float
  2. superficial
  3. floating
  4. unstable
  5. movable
  6. provisional
  7. temporary
  8. transient
  9. impetuous
  10. hollow
  11. inflated
  12. to exceed
  13. superfluous
  14. excessive
  15. surplus
2 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group

Containing this entry

按下葫蘆浮起瓢 ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo solve one problem only to find another cropping up
按下葫蘆浮起瓢 ànxiàhulúfúqǐpiáo

Related entries

懸浮 xuánfú
  1. to float (in the air etc)
  2. suspension
地球只不過是懸浮在太空中的一個球體。

The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.

Source: Tatoeba

氽 tǔn
  1. to float
  2. to deep-fry
流蕩 liúdàng
  1. to float
  2. to tramp
  3. to rove
浮 fú
  1. to float
  2. superficial
  3. floating
  4. unstable
  5. movable
  6. provisional
  7. temporary
  8. transient
  9. impetuous
  10. hollow
  11. inflated
  12. to exceed
  13. superfluous
  14. excessive
  15. surplus
花瓣浮在水面上。

The petals are floating on the water.

Source: Tatoeba

浮游 fúyóu
  1. to float
  2. to drift
  3. to wander
  4. variant of 蜉蝣 fúyóu
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