# 流氓 (liúmáng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 流氓 (liúmáng) means “hoodlum; gangster”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hoodlum; gangster
- Pinyin: liúmáng (liu2 mang2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 警察抓住了那几个街头流氓。
  Jǐngchá zhuāzhù le nà jǐ gè jiētóu liúmáng.
  The police arrested those street hoodlums.

## Characters

- [流](https://hanziro.com/word/liu-flow/) (liú): to flow; to spread
- 氓 (méng): common people

https://hanziro.com/word/liu-mang-hoodlum/

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