浪漫

Chinese

		wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (浪漫)		浪	漫
simp. #(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 / 罗马 (Luómǎ), French roman (“novel”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làngmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ maan⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lōng-bān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁶ bhuang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶laon-me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làngmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làngmàn
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴-man⁴
    • Yale: làng-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqmann
    • Palladius: ланмань (lanmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁶ maan⁶
    • Yale: lohng maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² maːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁶ bhuang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lăng buăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ buaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶laon-me
    • MiniDict: laon^去 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³laan-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɑ̃²² me⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: langH manH

Rime
Character	浪	漫
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	來宕切	莫半切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋH/	/muɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	làng	màn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long6	mun6

Adjective

浪漫

1. (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. [Pinyin]

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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

• (romantic): 羅曼蒂克／罗曼蒂克 (luómàndìkè)

Derived terms

• 天真浪漫
• 浪漫主義 / 浪漫主义 (làngmàn zhǔyì)
• 浪漫曲
• 浪漫樂派 / 浪漫乐派
• 浪漫派
• 浪漫諦克 / 浪漫谛克

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
浪	漫
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

• (Tokyo) ろーまん [róꜜòmàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːmã̠ɴ]

Noun

浪(ろう)漫(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
浪	漫
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】 [noun] dream, ideal [noun] a novel, especially of romanticism [noun] romance [proper noun] Roman (given name or family name) Alternative spelling 浪曼

(This term, 浪漫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
浪	漫

Noun

浪漫 • (nangman) (hangeul 낭만)

1. hanja form^? of 낭만 (“romance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
浪	漫

Adjective

浪漫

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