浪漫

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”).

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

• (romantic): 羅曼蒂克／罗曼蒂克 (luómàndìkè)

Phono-semantic matching of French roman, probably coined by Natsume Sōseki. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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

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”)

浪漫 • (nangman) (hangeul 낭만)

1. hanja form^? of 낭만 (“romance”)

浪漫

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