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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lieu-maon

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:
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    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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lieu-maon
  - MiniDict: lieu^去 maon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu-maan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²² mɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

流氓

Synonyms

(hooligan):

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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 Mandarin)
溜溜子 (Urumqi Mandarin)
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

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	氓
りゅう Grade: 3	ぼう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りゅうぼー [ryùúbóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːbo̞ː]

Noun

流(りゅう)氓(ぼう) • (ryūbō)

wanderer; nomad

Synonyms

流民(りゅうみん) (ryūmin)