流浪 meaning in English

liúlàng

to drift about; to wander

HSK 7-9verb20 strokes

Meaning of 流浪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liúlàng
  1. to drift about
  2. to wander
  3. to roam
  4. nomadic
  5. homeless
  6. unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. vagrant

流浪 in example sentences

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

他tā是shì一yí个gè流liú浪làng汉hàn。
He is a homeless person.
他tā对duì流liú浪làng狗gǒu很hěn小xiǎo心xīn。
He's careful of stray dogs.
当dāng流liú浪làng汉hàn有yǒu钱qián了le, 就jiù被bèi称chēng为wéi游yóu客kè。
The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
我wǒ一yī辈bèi子zi都dōu是shì个gè流liú浪làng者zhě。
I'm a nomad for life.

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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浪 làng · wave · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 流浪.

流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
浪费làngfèito waste; to squander
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
浪漫làngmànromantic
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
海浪hǎilàngsea wave
流感liúgǎnflu; influenza

Questions about 流浪

What does 流浪 mean?

流浪 (liúlàng) means "to drift about; to wander" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 流浪?

流浪 is made of 2 characters: 流 (10 strokes), 浪 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 流浪 an HSK word?

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