流子

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (流子)		流	子
simp. #(流子)		流	子

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): liou² zr

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: liou² zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

流子

1. (Muping Mandarin) funnel; hopper
2. (Liuzhou Mandarin, cant) water
3. (Changsha Xiang) loafer; idler; bum
4. (Loudi Xiang) hooligan; scumbag; scoundrel

Synonyms

• (funnel): 漏斗 (lòudǒu)
• 混子 (hùnzi)
• 阿混
• 二賴子／二赖子
• 浪蕩公子／浪荡公子
• (Hakka) 爛仔／烂仔

Dialectal synonyms of 二流子 (“loafer; idler; bum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閒漢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二流子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	二流子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	二流子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	二流子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	爛仔
	Dongguan	爛仔
Gan	Lichuan	二流子
Jin	Taiyuan	二流子, 遊兒鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Quanzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Zhangzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Leizhou	大郎
Wu	Danyang	二流子
Xiang	Changsha	流子
	Loudi	二流子

• (hooligan): 流氓 (liúmáng)