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Chinese symbol for “hooligan”

小混混
xiǎo hùn hùn
hooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hooligan is 小混混 (xiǎo hùn hùn), defined as: hooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
混 hùn
muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
混
混 hùn
muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “hooligan”

WordPinyinMeaning
痞子pǐ ziruffian; hooligan
泼皮 (潑皮)pō píruffian; hooligan
古惑仔gǔ huò zǎigangster; hooligan
阿飞 (阿飛)ā fēihoodlum; hooligan
烂崽 (爛崽)làn zǎi(dialect) hooligan; low-life

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小混混.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
混乱 (混亂)hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hooligan”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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