Chinese symbol for “drifter”
漂流者
piāo liú zhě
drifter; whitewater rafter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drifter is 漂流者 (piāo liú zhě), defined as: drifter; whitewater rafter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “drifter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盲流 | máng liú | (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 漂流者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | to float on the current; to drift along or about |
| 漂浮 | piāo fú | to float; to hover |
| 漂移 | piāo yí | to drift |
| 漂泊 | piāo bó | (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence |
| 漂白 | piǎo bái | to bleach; to whiten |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 流行 | liú xíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drifter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.