混子,aka, bum.

ningmeng
April 22, 2008, 02:53 PM posted in General Discussion
我今天晚上和有些中国年轻人吃晚饭。他们关于‘混子’聊天儿。他们对我解释这个词的意思,我的影响是这个词的翻译是差不多"bum". 不过,我回家看词典的时候找不到。我知道 “混”的意思差不多是aimless, 所以我觉得bum就是对了。这是不是对,而且我住在北京。你们这里知道这是不是北京话? 
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bazza
April 22, 2008, 10:04 PM

我的词典有“quack; imposter”的意思。

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jwosmun
April 23, 2008, 02:17 AM

nciku 有“Hooligan”的意思, 而且给一个例子: 他是这边有名的混子, 经常欺负人.

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bazza
April 23, 2008, 08:13 AM

Another translator I tried gives 'Charlatan'.

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briana
April 23, 2008, 08:29 AM

Everything Bazza says seems to be right..I also found that it's supposed to mean 'Charlatan' (someone who acts like a know-it-all, but really doesn't....or someone who acts like they can do something but can't). synonyms of that would be a quack, fraud, imposter, phony

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changye
April 23, 2008, 12:21 PM

One of my Chinese friends tells me that he sometimes uses the word "小混子", but he doesn't know if it is a northern dialect.