爛漫

爛漫

See also: 烂漫

Chinese

		rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely	free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (爛漫)		爛	漫
simp. (烂漫)		烂	漫
variant forms		爛熳／烂熳 爛縵／烂缦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lànmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ maan⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lān-bān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lànmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannmann
    • IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶ maan⁶
    • Yale: laahn maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ man⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /läːn²² mäːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lān-bān
    • Tâi-lô: lān-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laxnban
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lan²²⁻²¹ ban²²/

Adjective

爛漫

1. bright-coloured
2. natural; unaffected
3. scattered; disordered

Derived terms

天真爛漫／天真烂漫 (tiānzhēnlànmàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
爛	漫
らん Hyōgaiji	まん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 爛 (らん)熳 (まん) (ranman)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠mːã̠ɴ]

Adjective

爛漫 (hiragana らんまん, rōmaji ranman)

1. the way in which many flowers are in bloom
   • 1928: Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (Kajii Motojirō)

     お前 (まえ)、この爛 (らん)漫 (まん)と咲 (さ)き乱 (みだ)れてゐる桜 (さくら)の樹 (き)の下 (した)へ、一 (ひと)つ一 (ひと)つ屍 (し)体 (たい)が埋 (う)まつてゐると想像 (さうざう)して見 (み)るがいい。

     Omae, kono ranman to sakimidareteiru sakura no ki no shita e, hitotsu hitotsu shitai ga umatteiru to sōzō shite miru ga ii.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. the way in which light sparkles

See also

• 天 (てん)真 (しん)爛 (らん)漫 (まん) (tenshin ranman)