浪漫

Chinese

		wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	free; unrestrained; inundate
simp. and trad. (浪漫)		浪	漫

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, French roman (“novel”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): làngmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ maan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lōng-bān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: làngmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqmann
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁶ maan⁶
  - Yale: lohng maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ man⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² mäːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōng-bān
  - Tâi-lô: lōng-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxngban
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ban³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ban³³/

Adjective

浪漫

(literary) indulgent; unrestrained; at will; wanton
(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

Synonyms

(romantic): 羅曼蒂克／罗曼蒂克 (luómàndìkè)

Derived terms

天真浪漫
浪漫主義／浪漫主义 (làngmànzhǔyì)
浪漫曲

浪漫樂派／浪漫乐派
浪漫派
浪漫諦克／浪漫谛克

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	漫
ろう Grade: S	まん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/rauman/ → /roːman/

The kanji are ateji (当て字), probably coined by Natsume Sōseki. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

浪曼

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ろーまん [róꜜòmàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːmã̠ɴ]

Noun

浪漫 (hiragana ろうまん, rōmaji rōman, historical hiragana らうまん)
(alternative reading katakana ローマン, romaji rōman)

Alternative spelling of ロマン (roman, “romance; qualities as if it were a romance novel”)
- 1990, “浪漫飛行”, performed by 米米CLUB:
  
  トランク一 (ひと)つだけで浪 (ろう)漫 (まん)飛 (ひ)行 (こう)へ I (イ)n (ン) The (ザ) S (ス)k (カ)y (イ)
  toranku hitotsu dake de rōman hikō e in za sukai
  With only a single suitcase, let's go on a romantic flight in the sky

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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