氓 máng hooligan
hooligan; people; subjects; vassals
How to remember 氓: 亡 perish + 民 citizens = hooligan. Every flower bed in the park seems to perish overnight, until the citizens keep watch and catch the young hooligan.
Component breakdown
氓 = 亡 perish + 民 citizens
- 亡 perish
- 民 citizens
Every flower bed in the park seems to perish overnight, until the citizens keep watch and catch the young hooligan.
How it is used
- Occurs in 流氓 (liúmáng): a hooligan/rogue, or lewd/indecent behavior - 耍流氓 (shuǎ liúmáng) to act like a creep/behave indecently.
- Note the reading is máng here, not méng. Colloquial and pejorative.