流浪

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (流浪)		流	浪
simp. #(流浪)		流	浪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúlàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ long⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-long
• Min Nan (POJ): liû-lōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liúlàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioulanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióulàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯³⁵ lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ long⁶
    • Yale: làuh lohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ long⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ long⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ lɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-long
    • Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ long
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² long⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ loŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-lōng
    • Tâi-lô: liû-lōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liulong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² lɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ lɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨu  lɑŋ^H/

Rime
Character	流	浪
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力求切	來宕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/lɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/lɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/lɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/laŋH/
Li Rong	/liu/	/lɑŋH/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/lɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/lɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	làng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	long6

Verb

禁止餵食流浪犬 (“No feeding stray dogs”)

流浪

1. to lead a vagrant life; to wander the streets

Synonyms

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• 沒落／没落 (mòluò) (literary)
• 流落 (liúluò)
• 流蕩／流荡 (liúdàng)
• 流離／流离 (liúlí)

• 淪落／沦落 (lúnluò)
• 漂泊 (piāobó)
• 飄蕩／飘荡 (piāodàng)

Derived terms

• 流浪漢／流浪汉 (liúlànghàn)
• 流浪狗 (liúlànggǒu)

• 流浪貓／流浪猫 (liúlàngmāo)