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Definition 2024
Etymology
Originally a native Chinese word meaning “unrestrained, indulgent”. Later used as a phono-semantic matching of English romantic, itself derived from French romantique.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄇㄢˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqmann
- IPA (key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ma̠n⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: long6 maan6
- Yale: lohng maahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: long6 maan6
- IPA (key): /lɔːŋ²² mɑːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien)