放蕩

See also: 放荡

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (放蕩)		放	蕩
simp. (放荡)		放	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ dong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fong-thong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-tǒng / hòng-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngdàng
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-tang⁴
    • Yale: fàng-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqdanq
    • Palladius: фандан (fandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ dong⁶
    • Yale: fong dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ tɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-thong
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong tong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngdong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjangH dangX|thangH

Rime
Character	放	蕩	蕩
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	定 (7)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	甫妄切	徒朗切	他浪切
Baxter	pjangH	dangX	thangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋH/	/dɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋH/	/dɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋH/	/dɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋH/	/daŋX/	/tʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/piuaŋH/	/dɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋH/	/dɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piwaŋH/	/dʱɑŋX/	/tʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fàng	dàng	tàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong3	dong6	tong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋ-s  N.rˤaŋʔ|lˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋs  l̥ʰaːŋs|l'aːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	放	蕩	蕩
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fàng	dàng	dàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjangH ›	‹ dangX ›	‹ dangH ›
Old Chinese	/*paŋ-s/	/*N.rˁaŋʔ/	/*lˁaŋ-s/
English	release; let go	beat furiously (of the heart)	throw out, purify from
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	放	蕩	蕩
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	3038	14561	14569
Phonetic component	方	昜	昜
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	放	儻	蕩
Old Chinese	/*paŋs/	/*l̥ʰaːŋs/	/*l'aːŋʔ/

Adjective

放蕩

1. doing whatever one likes; showing no restraint
2. wanton; immoral; licentious

Synonyms

• (wanton): (literary) 駘蕩／骀荡 (dàidàng)

Derived terms

• 放蕩不羈 / 放荡不羁 (fàngdàng bùjī)

Related terms

• (literary) 放浪 (fànglàng)
• 放縱／放纵 (fàngzòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放	蕩
ほう Grade: 3	とう Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

/hautau/ > /hoːtoː/

Noun

放(ほう)蕩(とう) • (hōtō) ^{←はうたう (fautau)?}

1. doing as one wants without restraint, often with regard to alcohol and women; dissipation, debauchery

Derived terms

• 放蕩息子(ほうとうむすこ) (hōtō musuko)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放	蕩

Noun

放蕩

1. chữ Hán form of phóng đãng (“to do whatever one likes; to show no restraint”).