HSK 6 · Verbs

流浪 liúlàng “to wander” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 流浪 means

  1. to wander
  2. to drift
  3. to roam
  4. to drift about
  5. nomadic
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • homeless
  • unsettled (e.g. population)

How to say 流浪

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale流liú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale浪làng4th tone, falling

流浪 in a sentence

  1. 他对流浪狗很小心。

    Tā duì liúlàng gǒu hěn xiǎoxīn.

    He’s careful around stray dogs.

    Sentence #13278108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我一辈子都是个流浪者。

    Wǒ yíbèizi dōu shì ge liúlàngzhě.

    I’ve been a wanderer all my life.

    Sentence #427003 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是一个流浪汉。

    Tā shì yí ge liúlànghàn.

    He is a homeless man.

    Sentence #775890 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 流浪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 流 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
流liúto flow
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 㐬pennantSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 㐬 () hints at the sound. Compare it with liú.

The character 浪 (làng) with each of its parts in a different colour
浪làngwave
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 良good · liángSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 良 (liáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with làng.

How to write 流浪

流 10 strokes · 浪 10 strokes

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流浪 (liúlàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 流浪 (liúlàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 流浪

Words with 流

交流jiāoliú · to exchange流利liúlì · fluent流行liúxíng · popular流泪liúlèi · to shed tears流传liúchuán · to spread轮流lúnliú · to alternate流露liúlù · to reveal一流yìliú · first-class流通liútōng · to circulate潮流cháoliú · trend

Words with 浪

浪费làngfèi · to waste浪漫làngmàn · romantic波浪bōlàng · wave

More words: Common Verbs

淋lín · to drench领先lǐngxiān · to lead力求lìqiú · to strive to溜liū · to slip away留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento力争lìzhēng · to strive for立足lìzú · to gain a foothold笼罩lǒngzhào · to envelop

FAQs

流浪 (liúlàng) means “to wander” or “to drift”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liúlàng: liú with a 2nd tone, then làng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 流浪 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liulang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 流浪 from the suggestions. Typing liulang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
流浪 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.