Chinese symbol for “rogue”
流氓
liú máng
rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rogue is 流氓 (liú máng), defined as: rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rogue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶棍 (惡棍) | è gùn | scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain |
| 无赖 (無賴) | wú lài | hoodlum; rascal |
| 奸诈 (奸詐) | jiān zhà | treachery; devious |
| 小混混 | xiǎo hùn hùn | hooligan; rogue |
| 坏东西 (壞東西) | huài dōng xi | bastard; scoundrel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 流氓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 流行 | liú xíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point |
| 流动 (流動) | liú dòng | to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid |
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 流氓软件 (流氓軟件) | liú máng ruǎn jiàn | malware (computing) |
| 流氓罪 | liú máng zuì | the crime of hooliganism |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rogue”.
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.