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氓

máng

HSK 6 Character

What 氓 means

1. used in {流氓|liú máng}

Other readings

氓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• méngcommon people

Example sentences

• 该名青年将少女从流氓团伙中救了出来。
  Gāi míng qīngnián jiāng shàonǚ cóng liúmáng tuánhuǒ zhōng jiù le chūlái.
  The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
• 在二十世纪末期，南斯拉夫被美国认为是一个流氓国家。
  Zài èrshíshìjì mòqī, Nánsīlāfū bèi Měiguó rènwéi shì yī gè liúmángguójiā.
  In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.
• "侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。
  Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.

Words containing 氓

• 流氓liú mángrogue; hoodlum; gangster
• 愚氓yú méngfool; stupid person
• 流氓罪liú máng zuìthe crime of hooliganism
• 流氓国家liú máng guó jiārogue state
• 流氓软件liú máng ruǎn jiànmalware (computing)
• 流氓集团liú máng jí tuángang of hoodlums
• 流氓无产者liú máng wú chǎn zhělumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)

Characters built on 亡

These share the phonetic component 亡 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 忙mángbusy; hurriedly; to hurry
• 盲mángblind
• 芒mángawn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 妄wàngabsurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 邙MángMt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

Characters that look like 氓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 珉mínjade-like stone
• 垠yínlimit; border; river bank
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan

Sounds the same

Read máng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 忙busy; hurriedly; to hurry
• 盲blind
• 芒awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 茫vast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct
• 尨shaggy dog; striped
• 硭crude saltpeter
• 铓sharp point; point of sword
• 哤jargon
• 杗ridge-pole in roof
• 杧used in 杧果
• 牻(literary) black and white cattle
• 駹black horse with a white face