to hang out with someone

[tooironic]

I've never really come across an equivalent to "hang out" in Chinese. My bubugao lists 闲荡 and 厮混 but I'm not sure they really convey the meaning of "to do nothing in particular" (rather, they seem to mean "to saunter" and "to mingle with [often in a bad way]" respectively). Any ideas of a better translation? Cheers.

[Prodigal Son]

I don't know if this is standard 普通话 but in Chengdu we say 耍一会儿 and that basically means "chilling"

[zhxlier]

maybe you can provide a few sentences using "hang out" to help with translating?

In the case:

What are you doing?

Nothing, just hanging out.

I'd translate as:

你干嘛呢？

什么都没干，待着呢。

[LongwenChinese]

I agree with zhxlier.

"I often hang out with my little sister."

Would translate as

"我常常跟我的妹妹一起玩。”

[tooironic]

I've added 跟某人一起玩 and 在某个地方逛 to the Wiktionary entry. Cheers.

[doraemon]

I guess you can also say “消遣” as well. e.g. 哥们儿, 咱们明天上哪而消遣去? (Hey man, where are we gonna hang out tomorrow?)