流浪

liúlàng

verb HSK 7-9 #5,847

Meanings

1 to wander
2 to roam
3 to be homeless

Characters

to flow; to drift

wave; unrestrained

Examples

他在外面流浪了好几年。

Tā zài wàimiàn liúlàng le hǎojǐ nián.

He wandered outside for several years.

这只流浪猫被好心人收养了。

Zhè zhī liúlàngmāo bèi hǎoxīnrén shōuyǎng le.

This stray cat was adopted by a kind person.

Tips

usage

流浪 can be used as a verb (to wander) or as an attributive adjective: 流浪猫 (stray cat), 流浪汉 (vagabond).

In Pop Culture

流浪地球 Liúlàng dìqiú

The Wandering Earth

blockbuster Chinese sci-fi film (2019)

Stroke Order

流 liú

浪 làng