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曼: handsome; long

 

曼 màn


: handsome; beautiful
: large; long; extended; vast
: graceful

Kun Reading
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On Reading

まん man

 Usage:

曼谷 man4’gu3: Bangkok (capital of Thailand)
曼城 man4cheng2: Manchester, England; Manchester City football club

曼城隊[队] man4 cheng2 dui4: Manchester City football team

曼聯隊 [曼联队] man4 lian2 dui4: Manchester United football team
曼哈坦 man4 ha1 tan3 OR 曼哈頓[顿] man4 ha1 dun4
: Manhattan island; Manhattan borough of New York City
曼波 man4bo1: mambo (dance) (loanword)
柔曼 rou2man4: soft; gentle



Japanese common word
浪曼 | ろうまん rouman
: romance (e.g. Arthurian romances)
: novel
: romance; love affair
: adventurous spirit; impossible dream; great ambition
[浪漫 lang4man4: romantic]

 Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Originally a picture of two hands 又 (you4: and; also)
extending an eye 罒 (wang3: net radical 122) open.



Semantic



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary