流氓

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	people; vagrant; ruffian
trad. (流氓)		流	氓
simp. #(流氓)		流	氓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ man⁴, lau⁴ mong⁴, lau⁴ mang⁴, lau⁴ maang⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû-bâng / liû-bîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ mang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lieu-maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióumáng
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-mang²
    • Yale: lyóu-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioumang
    • Palladius: люман (ljuman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ man⁴, lau⁴ mong⁴, lau⁴ mang⁴, lau⁴ maang⁴
    • Yale: làuh màhn, làuh mòhng, làuh màhng, làuh màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ man⁴, lau⁴ mong⁴, lau⁴ mang⁴, lau⁴ maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ men⁴, leo⁴ mong⁴, leo⁴ meng⁴, leo⁴ mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ mɐn²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹ mɔːŋ²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹ mɐŋ²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹ maːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 流亡 流氓

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-bâng
    • Tâi-lô: liû-bâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'baang
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² baŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: liû-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'biin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² bin¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ mang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû mâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ maŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lieu-maon
    • MiniDict: lieu^去 maon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu-maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²² mɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

流氓

1. hooligan; scumbag; scoundrel
2. hooliganism

Synonyms

• (hooligan):

• 惡棍／恶棍 (ègùn)
• 木克 (⁸moq-kheq) (Wu, male)
• 歹囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 歹狗 (Hokkien)
• 歹狗仔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歹蟲／歹虫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 流飛／流飞 (⁶lieu-fi) (Wu)
• 混混 (hùnhùn)
• 溜娃子 (Urumqi)
• 溜溜子 (Urumqi)
• 無賴／无赖 (wúlài)
• 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào) (regional, colloquial)
• 痞子 (pǐzi)
• 阿飛／阿飞 (āfēi) (colloquial)
• 霎仔 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鱸鰻／鲈鳗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鱸鰻田穿／鲈鳗田穿 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

 

• (hooliganism): 痞氣／痞气 (pǐqì)

Adjective

流氓

1. unscrupulous; rascally; shameless

Derived terms

• 地痞流氓
• 流氓國家／流氓国家 (liúmáng guójiā)
• 流氓軟件／流氓软件 (liúmáng ruǎnjiàn)
• 甲級流氓／甲级流氓
• 耍流氓 (shuǎ liúmáng)