浪漫

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Chinese

wave; breaker; unrestrained
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
 
free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (浪漫)
simp. #(浪漫)
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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



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (4)
Final () (101) (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter langH manH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑŋH/ /muɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑŋH/ /mʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑŋH/ /muɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/laŋH/ /mwanH/
Li
Rong
/lɑŋH/ /muɑnH/
Wang
Li
/lɑŋH/ /muɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑŋH/ /muɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
làng màn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
long6 mun6

Adjective

浪漫

  1. (literary) indulgent; unrestrained; at will; wanton
  2. (often literary) Alternative term for 爛漫烂漫 (lànmàn, “bright-coloured; brilliant”).
  3. (loanword) romantic
    不懂浪漫  ―  bùdǒng làngmàn  ―  to not understand romance; to be unromantic
  4. (by extension) dissolute; debauched; voluptuous; loose

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: S
まん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
浪曼

Phono-semantic matching of French roman, probably coined by Natsume Sōseki. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ろう)(まん) or 浪漫(ローマン) (rōmanらうまん (rauman)?

  1. Alternative form of ロマン (roman, romance; qualities as if it were a romance novel)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ろう > ろ
Grade: S
まん
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
浪曼
For pronunciation and definitions of 浪漫 – see the following entry.
ロマン
dream, ideal
a novel, especially of romanticism
romance
Roman (given name or family name)
Alternative spelling
浪曼
(This term, 浪漫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

浪漫 (nangman) (hangeul 낭만)

  1. hanja form? of 낭만 (romance)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

浪漫

  1. chữ Hán form of lãng mạn (romantic).