漫漫

Chinese

		free; unrestrained; inundate	free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (漫漫)		漫	漫
simp. #(漫漫)		漫	漫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ maan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-man⁴
    • Yale: màn-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
    • Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ maan⁶
    • Yale: maahn maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² maːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān
    • Tâi-lô: bān-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnban
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ban³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ban³³/

Adjective

漫漫

1. (literary) stretching for miles; spreading out without end

   • 母親滔滔漫漫，真像一位雄辯的導演，彷彿這些道具、場景和對白，早已經過詳細的腹稿打底。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     母亲滔滔漫漫，真像一位雄辩的导演，仿佛这些道具、场景和对白，早已经过详细的腹稿打底。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 6 April 1996, Chuang Yu-An 莊裕安, Requiem for the Dead 為亡靈談奏, United Daily News 聯合報

     Mǔqīn tāotāo mànmàn, zhēn xiàng yī wèi xióngbiàn de dǎoyǎn, fǎngfú zhèxiē dàojù, chángjǐng hàn duìbái, zǎo yǐjīng guò xiángxì de fùgǎo dǎdǐ. [Pinyin]

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