流氓 meaning in English

liúmáng

rogue; hoodlum

HSK 7-9noun18 strokes

Meaning of 流氓

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liúmáng
  1. rogue
  2. hoodlum
  3. gangster
  4. immoral behavior

流氓 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

该gāi名míng青qīng年nián将jiāng少shào女nǚ从cóng流liú氓máng团tuán伙huǒ中zhōng救jiù了le出chū来lái。
The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
在zài二èr十shí世shì纪jì末mò期qī,南nán斯sī拉lā夫fū被bèi美měi国guó认rèn为wéi是shì一yí个gè流liú氓máng国guó家jiā。
In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.
"侏zhū儒rú流liú氓máng"是shì德dé国guó导dǎo演yǎn韦wéi纳nà荷hé索suǒ在zài一yī九jiǔ七qī零líng年nián的de一yī部bù电diàn影yǐng。
Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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氓 máng · people · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 流氓.

流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
一流yīliútop quality; front ranking
流动liúdòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流通liútōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
流感liúgǎnflu; influenza
主流zhǔliúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流血liúxuèto bleed; to shed blood
河流héliúriver

Questions about 流氓

What does 流氓 mean?

流氓 (liúmáng) means "rogue; hoodlum" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 流氓?

流氓 is made of 2 characters: 流 (10 strokes), 氓 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 流氓 an HSK word?

Yes. 流氓 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.