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Thug in Chinese / Japanese...

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Thug Life

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 bào tú shēng huó
 bou to sei katsu
 폭도생활
Thug Life Scroll

暴徒生活 is probably the best way to say “Thug Life” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

It's a strange title, to be sure, so expect native Asian people to be confused when they see your Thug Life calligraphy.

The first two characters mean bandit, thug, ruffian, insurgent, rioter, or mob.

The last two characters mean life, live, or living.

Rogue

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 gorotsuki
Rogue Scroll

This is a Japanese word that means rogue, thug, hoodlum, punk, or racketeer.

Colloquially used to refer to pirates (used in the Japanese dialogue for Pirates of the Caribbean).

This may not be appropriate for calligraphy.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your thug search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

破落戸

see styles		  gorotsuki(gikun); gorotsuki
    ごろつき(gikun); ゴロツキ

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Rogue
(kana only) (See ならず者) rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

乱波

see styles		  rappa
    らっぱ

乱波
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(1) thug; hooligan; ruffian; villain; scoundrel; (2) (archaism) (See 素っ破・すっぱ・1) spy

惡少

恶少

see styles		 è shào
    e4 shao4
o shao

惡少
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young thug; malicious young ruffian

打手

see styles		 dǎ shou
    da3 shou5
ta shou
 uchite
    うちて

打手
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hired thug
(1) shooter; (2) drummer (taiko, etc.)

暴徒

see styles		 bào tú
    bao4 tu2
pao t`u
    pao tu
 bouto / boto
    ぼうと

暴徒
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bandit; thug; ruffian
insurgent; rioter; mob

乱暴者

see styles		  ranboumono / ranbomono
    らんぼうもの

乱暴者
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thug; hooligan

狗腿子

see styles		 gǒu tuǐ zi
    gou3 tui3 zi5
kou t`ui tzu
    kou tui tzu

狗腿子
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dog's leg; fig. one who follows a villain; henchman; hired thug

ゴロツキ

see styles		  gorotsuki
    ゴロツキ

ゴロツキ
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(kana only) rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

ならず者

see styles		  narazumono
    ならずもの

ならず者
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ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum; thug

Variations:
ゴロ
ごろ

see styles		  goro; goro
    ゴロ; ごろ		 (n-suf,n) (abbreviation) (See 破落戸・ごろつき) racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

Variations:
乱波
乱破

see styles		  rappa
    らっぱ		 (1) thug; hooligan; ruffian; villain; scoundrel; (2) (archaism) (See 素っ破・すっぱ・1) spy

破落戸(ateji)

see styles		  gorotsuki; gorotsuki
    ごろつき; ゴロツキ		 (kana only) rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

Variations:
ならず者
成らず者
破落戸

see styles		  narazumono
    ならずもの		 (occ. 無頼漢) ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum; thug

Variations:
雲助
蜘蛛助(rK)
くも助(sK)

see styles		  kumosuke
    くもすけ		 (1) (hist) ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period); (2) (derogatory term) thug; ruffian; scoundrel; exploiter

Variations:
破落戸(ateji)
無頼(ateji)

see styles		  gorotsuki; gorotsuki
    ごろつき; ゴロツキ		 (kana only) rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Thug Life暴徒生活bou to sei katsu
boutoseikatsu
bo to sei katsu		bào tú shēng huó
bao4 tu2 sheng1 huo2
bao tu sheng huo
baotushenghuo		pao t`u sheng huo
paotushenghuo
pao tu sheng huo
Rogue破落戸gorotsuki


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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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