浪漫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	漫

Noun

浪漫 (hiragana ろうまん, romaji rōman)

1. romance

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
浪漫

Etymology

Originally a native Chinese word meaning "unrestrained, indulgent". Later used as a phono-semantic matching of English romantic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

浪漫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin làngmàn)

1. indulgent, unrestrained, at will, wanton
2. (= 爛漫) bright-coloured, brilliant
3. romantic
4. dissolute, debauched, voluptuous

Synonyms

• trad. 羅曼蒂克, simpl. 罗曼蒂克 (pinyin: luómàndìkè)