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



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
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

  • 天真浪漫
  • 浪漫曲
  • 浪漫派

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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːmã̠ɴ]

Noun

浪(ろう)漫(まん) • (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
[noun] romance
Alternative spellings
浪漫, 浪曼
(This term, 浪漫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
浪漫

Noun

浪漫 • (nangman) (hangeul 낭만)

  1. Hanja form? of 낭만 (“romance”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
浪漫

Adjective

浪漫

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