氓 (man4 mang4 mong4 | meng2 mang2) : common people; rascal

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氓

man4 mang4 mong4

meng2 mang2

[粵] man4 mang4 [國] meng2
common people; migrants

[粵] man4 mong4 [國] mang2
rascal; hoodlum; hooligan

Jyutping mang4 and mong4 are rarely used variants.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 氏 (#83)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

氓

This word has been viewed 3508 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 24th Aug 2009 01:09

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流氓 lau4 man4 liu2 mang2 = vagrant, vagabond; rogue; hoodlum; hooligan; gangster

足球流氓 zuk1 kau4 lau4 man4 zu2 qiu2 liu2 mang2 = football hooligan; soccer hooligan

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Decimal representation of this word: 氓
Unicode code for this character: U+6c13 (off-site link)

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