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氓

Mandarin · pinyin máng#

used in 流氓 liú máng

Mandarin · pinyin méng#

(literary) common people

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氓: máng · people; subjects; vassals

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2 · mang2

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maang4 · man4 · mang4 · mong4 · mong5

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character · Etymology 1

only used in 流氓 (liúmáng)

character · Etymology 2

(literary) people; folk
nomad; wanderer (used to refer to migrants in ancient China)

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