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漫

màn

HSK 4 Character

What 漫 means

1. free
2. unrestrained
3. to inundate

Example sentences

• 好浪漫啊！
  How romantic!
• 汤姆非常的浪漫。
  Tom is extremely romantic.
• 我喜欢在雨中漫步。
  Wǒ xǐhuan zài yǔ zhōng mànbù.
  I like to walk in the rain.
• 漫长的一天过去了。
  A long day has passed on.
• 学习之路如此漫长。
  The road to mastery is oh so long.
• 你知道这部漫画吗？
  Do you know this comic?

Words starting with 漫

• 漫画màn huàcaricature; cartoon; Japanese manga
• 漫长màn chángvery long; endless
• 漫步màn bùto wander; to ramble; recreational hiking
• 漫天màn tiānlit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
• 漫漫màn mànlong; endless; boundless
• 漫游màn yóuto travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming
• 漫不经心màn bù jīng xīncareless; heedless; absent-minded
• 漫无目的màn wú mù dìaimless; at random
• 漫画家màn huà jiācartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
• 漫无边际màn wú biān jìextremely vast; boundless; limitless
• 漫山遍野màn shān biàn yělit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see…
• 漫展màn zhǎncomic convention; anime expo
• 漫应màn yìngto reply casually
• 漫改màn gǎiadapted from a manga
• 漫说màn shuōnot to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
• 漫步者màn bù zhěrambler; a person strolling about
• 漫不经意màn bù jīng yìcareless; unconcerned
• 漫天要价màn tiān yào jiàto ask for sky-high prices
• 漫天遍地màn tiān biàn dìlit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom); fig. everywhere…
• 漫天遍野màn tiān biàn yělit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
• 漫天飞舞màn tiān fēi wǔ(of snow etc) to fill the sky
• 漫漫长夜màn màn cháng yèendless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
• 漫溢màn yìto overflow; to be brimming over
• 漫漶màn huàn(of writing etc) indistinct (due to water damage or wear)

Words containing 漫

• 浪漫làng mànromantic
• 弥漫mí mànto pervade; to fill the air; diffuse
• 浪漫主义làng màn zhǔ yìromanticism
• 散漫sǎn mànundisciplined; unorganized
• 烂漫làn mànunaffected; unpretentious; (literary) brightly colored; vibrant
• 天真烂漫tiān zhēn làn màn(idiom) innocent and unaffected
• 动漫dòng màncartoons and comics; anime and manga; cartoon (animated movie)
• 国漫guó mànChinese comics
• 暴漫bào mànrage comic
• 汗漫hàn mànvast; without boundaries; power (of a river or ocean)
• 迷漫mí mànvast haze; lost in boundless mists
• 河漫滩hé màn tānfloodplain
• 太空漫步tài kōng màn bùspace walk
• 暴走漫画bào zǒu màn huàrage comic
• 自由散漫zì yóu sǎn màneasygoing; lax; unconstrained
• 长夜漫漫cháng yè màn mànendless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
• 滥漫làn mànarbitrary; indiscriminate
• 弥漫星云mí màn xīng yúndiffuse nebula
• 爱丽丝漫游奇境记Ài lì sī Màn yóu Qí jìng JìAlice in Wonderland

Characters built on 曼

These share the phonetic component 曼 (màn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慢mànslow
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 幔màncurtain
• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 谩mánto deceive
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁mànto plaster

Characters that look like 漫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 慢mànslow
• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Sounds the same

Read màn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慢slow
• 蔓creeper; to spread
• 曼handsome; large; long
• 幔curtain
• 缦plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁to plaster
• 镘side of coin without words; trowel
• 鄤place name
• 熳used in 烂熳
• 鬗head ornaments; pretty hair
• 谩to slander; to be disrespectful; to slight
• 嫚insult