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Chinese
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wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
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free; unrestrained; inundate
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trad. (浪漫)
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浪
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漫
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simp. #(浪漫)
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浪
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漫
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Etymology
Originally a native Chinese word meaning “unrestrained, indulgent”. Later used as a phono-semantic matching of English romantic, itself derived from French romantique. Compare also Chinese 羅馬 / 罗马 (Luómǎ), French roman (“novel”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
浪漫
- (literary) indulgent; unrestrained; at will; wanton
1947, 蓋恩夫人 [Madame Guyon], translated by 俞成華 [C.H. Yü], 《馨香的沒藥》 [Sweet Swelling Myrrh], Shanghai: Gospel Book Room, pages 234–235:
你用慈繩愛索,捆綁了我浪漫的翅膀,卻又俯首細聽,我幽靜的歌唱;哦,甜美的愛,激勵何其深沉,甘作囚奴,不願高飛遠遁。 [MSC, trad.]
你用慈绳爱索,捆绑了我浪漫的翅膀,却又俯首细听,我幽静的歌唱;哦,甜美的爱,激励何其深沉,甘作囚奴,不愿高飞远遁。 [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ yòng císhéng'àisuǒ, kǔnbǎngle wǒ làngmàn de chìbǎng, què yòu fǔshǒu xìtīng, wǒ yōujìng de gēchàng; ò, tiánměi de ài, jīlì héqí shēnchén, gān zuò qiúnú, bùyuàn gāofēiyuǎndùn.
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- (often literary) Alternative term for 爛漫/烂漫 (lànmàn, “bright-coloured; brilliant”).
- (loanword) romantic
- 不懂浪漫 ― bùdǒng làngmàn ― to not understand romance; to be unromantic
- (by extension) dissolute; debauched; voluptuous; loose
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Japanese
Etymology 1
Phono-semantic matching of French roman, probably coined by Natsume Sōseki. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
浪漫 or 浪漫 • (rōman) ←らうまん (rauman)?
- Alternative form of ロマン (roman, “romance; qualities as if it were a romance novel”)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 浪漫 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 浪漫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Noun
浪漫 • (nangman) (hangeul 낭만)
- hanja form? of 낭만 (“romance”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
浪漫
- chữ Hán form of lãng mạn (“romantic”).