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流氓 liúmáng

流氓 liúmáng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 流氓 liúmáng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liúmáng | liu2 mang2
English translation
rogue
hoodlum
gangster
immoral behavior

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Traditional form

流氓 liúmáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 流氓 liúmáng

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liú

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Depicts an upside-down child () being born headfirst with amniotic fluid flowing out.

Phonetic compound

liú

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵㐬

Number of Strokes

10
máng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

wáng

Semantic compound

Mín

Positional decomposition

亡民

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 流氓 liúmáng

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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!

流氓 liúmáng Decomposition

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流氓 liúmáng Compounds

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