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流浪

liú làng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

流浪 (liú làng) means "to drift about; to wander; to roam". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 流浪 means

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

The characters in 流浪

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained

Example sentences

• 他是一个流浪汉。
  He is a homeless person.
• 他对流浪狗很小心。
  He's careful of stray dogs.
• 我一辈子都是个流浪者。
  Wǒ yībèizi dōu shì gè liúlàngzhě.
  I'm a nomad for life.
• 当流浪汉有钱了, 就被称为游客。
  Dāng liúlànghàn yǒuqián le, jiù bèi chēngwéi yóukè.
  The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.

Words starting with 流浪

• 流浪汉liú làng hàntramp; wanderer
• 流浪者liú làng zhěrover; vagabond; vagrant
• 流浪儿liú làng érstreet urchin; waif
• 流浪狗liú làng gǒustray dog
• 流浪猫liú làng māostray cat

Where 流浪 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · liū–lōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liú làng correctly.
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