流浪

liúlàng

verb HSK 7 #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 hǎo jǐ nián.

He wandered outside for several years.

这只流浪猫被好心人收养了。

Zhè zhī liúlàng māo 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