氓

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: mang5
POJ: mâng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: people, folk, wanderer
氓

The page lists two etymologies for 氓 (a bound morpheme used only in 流氓 vs. a free noun meaning people/folk/nomad); it is not fully certain which sense the mang5 reading pairs with, though the free-noun sense is the most likely match.

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