爛漫

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See also: 烂漫

Chinese

		rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (爛漫)		爛	漫
simp. (烂漫)		烂	漫
alternative forms		爛熳／烂熳爛縵／烂缦瀾漫／澜漫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lànmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ maan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lān-bān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lànmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lànmàn
  - Wade–Giles: lan⁴-man⁴
  - Yale: làn-màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannmann
  - Palladius: ланьмань (lanʹmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laan⁶ maan⁶
  - Yale: laahn maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ man⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²² maːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lān-bān
  - Tâi-lô: lān-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laxnban
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lan⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lan²²⁻²¹ ban²²/

Middle Chinese: lanH manH

Rime
Character	爛	漫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	郎旰切	莫半切
Baxter	lanH	manH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn^H/	/muɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn^H/	/mʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn^H/	/muɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan^H/	/mwan^H/
Li Rong	/lɑn^H/	/muɑn^H/
Wang Li	/lɑn^H/	/muɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑn^H/	/muɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	làn	màn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan⁶	mun⁶

Adjective

爛漫

bright-coloured; brilliant; gorgeous
natural; unaffected; unfettered; unrestrained
(literary) scattered; disordered; dispersed

Derived terms

天真爛漫 / 天真烂漫 (tiānzhēnlànmàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爛	漫
らん Hyōgai	まん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

爛熳(らんまん) (ranman)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Adjective

爛(らん)漫(まん) • (ranman)

the way in which many flowers are in bloom
- 1928: Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (Kajii Motojirō)
  お前(まえ)、この爛(らん)漫(まん)と咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れてゐる桜(さくら)の樹(き)の下(した)へ、一(ひと)つ一(ひと)つ屍(し)体(たい)が埋(う)まつてゐると想像(さうざう)して見(み)るがいい。
  Omae, kono ranman to sakimidareteiru sakura no ki no shita e, hitotsu hitotsu shitai ga umatteiru to sōzō shite miru ga ii.
  (please add an English translation of this example)
the way in which light sparkles

See also

天真爛漫(てんしんらんまん) (tenshin ranman)

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