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浮现 (fú xiàn) — to appear (in one's mind or before one's eyes); to emerge (of memories, thoughts, images)

Definition

浮现 (fúxiàn) means images, memories, or thoughts surfacing in the mind or before one's eyes. Unlike 出现 (more general 'to appear'), 浮现 is used for mental pictures — things that rise into one's awareness, not things that appear in the physical world.

verb
to appear (in one's mind or before one's eyes)to emerge (of memories, thoughts, images)

Examples

  • ，浮现。
    Měi dāng tīng dào zhè shǒu gē, wǎng shì jiù huì fú xiàn zài nǎo hǎi zhōng.
    Whenever I hear this song, memories of the past appear in my mind.
  • 浮现。
    Yí gè qí guài de niàn tou tū rán fú xiàn zài xīn tóu.
    A strange thought suddenly emerged in my heart.
  • 浮现。
    Tā de xiào liǎn zǒng shì bú zì jué dì fú xiàn zài yǎn qián.
    Her smiling face always involuntarily appears before my eyes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

浮fúfloat
现xiànappear

浮 means float and 现 means appear, giving the image of something floating into view.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐriver
Sound part声符shēngfú
孚
孚fú浮fú
Same sound today

浮 pairs 水 (river) with 孚, which gives the sound; the river part points to its meaning of floating.

Open 浮 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 現; 现 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
見
見jiàn現
Same sound today

The traditional form 現 pairs 玉 (jade) with 見 as a sound part; the simplified 现 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 现 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Thinking & Cognition

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