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máng

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máng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
máng | mang2
English translation
see 流氓 liúmáng [liú máng]
people, subjects, vassals
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méng | meng2
English translation
common people

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About máng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

máng

Contains the radical

Mín

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

citizens

Etymology of máng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亡民

Semantic compound

Mín

Phonetic compound

wáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Mín represents the meaning and wáng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using máng

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zhēn 的很 Shuài , 这个 zhè ge xiǎo 流氓 liúmáng 真是 zhēn shi 帅呆了 shuài dāi le .

He was really handsome, what a handsome hooligan he was.

有些 yǒu xiē rén 指控 zhǐ kòng 税务 shuì wù 稽查员 jī chá yuán 使用 shǐyòng le 流氓 liúmáng 手段 shǒu duàn

Some people accuse the tax inspectors of bully-boy tactics.

有个小流氓昨晚 zuó wǎn zhā le 一刀

Some punk stuck a knife in her last night.

还有 hái yǒu 其他 qítā 形式 xíngshì de 民众 mín zhòng 骚乱 sāo luàn zuì 出名 chū míng de shì 足球流氓行为 xíngwéi

There are other forms of civil disorder — most notably, football hooliganism.

shì 流氓 liúmáng !无赖 wúlài !

He's a scoundrel! A cad!

Words with máng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
流氓 liúmáng rogue流氓 liúmáng
máng rogue máng
流氓罪 liú máng zuì the crime of hooliganism流氓罪 liú máng zuì

máng Decomposition & Compounds

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máng Decomposition

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