| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior |   |
| 歹徒 | dǎi tú | evildoer / malefactor / gangster / hoodlum | |
| 光棍 | guāng gùn | gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person | |
| 匪徒 | fěi tú | gangster / bandit | |
| 古惑仔 | gǔ huò zǎi | gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth | |
| 匪徒集团 | fěi tú jí tuán | gangster | |
| 顽匪 | wán fěi | gangster / bandit | |
| 鲈鳗 | lú mán | (Tw) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), aka swamp eel or marbled eel / (coll.) (alternative for the nearly homonymous 流氓[liu2 mang2]) gangster | |
| 江湖 | Jiāng hú | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld | |
| 强龙不压地头蛇 | qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law | |
| 收山 | shōu shān | (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate | |
| 八家将 | bā jiā jiàng | Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3] | |
