流
浪

To drift about in Chinese: 流浪 (liú làng)

liú làng

to drift about

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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流
浪

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄤˋ

làng

ㄌ/ lㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 那只小狗在街上流浪了很久。

    nà zhī xiǎo gǒu zài jiē shàng liú làng le hěn jiǔ。

    That puppy wandered the streets for a long time.

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Related words

流

liú

to flow

浪

làng

wave

交流

jiāo liú

to exchange

浪费

làng fèi

to waste

浪漫

làng màn

romantic

流泪

liú lèi

to shed tears

流利

liú lì

fluent

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

流传

liú chuán

to spread

轮流

lún liú

to alternate

潮流

cháo liú

tide

流动

liú dòng

to flow

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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