漫 (màn): free, unrestrained, to inundate
漫 (màn) is a Chinese character meaning “free.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 曼 (phonetic). It ranks #1446 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 漫 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- free
- unrestrained
- to inundate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 漫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 浪漫adjective | làng màn | romantic | 4 |
| 漫画noun | màn huà | caricature | 6 |
| 漫长adjective | màn cháng | very long | 6 |
| 动漫noun | dòng màn | cartoons and comics | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫步 | màn bù | to wander |
| 漫漫 | màn màn | long |
| 漫游 | màn yóu | to travel around |
| 弥漫 | mí màn | to pervade |
| 漫画家 | màn huà jiā | cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) |
| 浪漫主义 | làng màn zhǔ yì | romanticism |
| 漫天 | màn tiān | lit. to fill the whole sky |
| 散漫 | sǎn màn | undisciplined |
| 漫不经心 | màn bù jīng xīn | careless |
| 漫天要价 | màn tiān yào jià | to ask for sky-high prices |
| 漫无边际 | màn wú biān jì | extremely vast |
| 天真烂漫 | tiān zhēn làn màn | (idiom) innocent and unaffected |
| 漫山遍野 | màn shān biàn yě | lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) |
| 烂漫 | làn màn | unaffected |
| 漫不经意 | màn bù jīng yì | careless |
漫 appears in 44 compound words: 57 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 漫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
Example Sentences
漫步在海边，吹着海风，感觉非常惬意。
Mànbù zài hǎibiān, chuīzhe hǎifēng, gǎnjué fēicháng qièyì.
Strolling by the sea, feeling the sea breeze, feels very pleasant.
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tái wān wén tán xiāng gé 8 nián zài chuán jié bào yáng shuāng zǐ tái wān màn yóu lù rù wéi bù kè guó jì jiǎng
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漫步林間逛市集聽好歌 六龜「足留龜鄉」成果...
màn bù lín 間 guàng shì jí 聽 hǎo gē liù 龜 zú liú 龜 鄉 chéng guǒ . . .
Stroll through the woods, browse the market, and enjoy great music—Liugu's "Footsteps in Liugu" Festival...
反送中理工男 寫下漫長獄中「課」
fǎn sòng zhōng lǐ gōng nán 寫 xià màn 長 獄 zhōng 課
Anti-Extradition Law Student Writes Lengthy Prison "Lesson"
在米兰,冰雪赛场藏着中国式浪漫
zài mǐ lán , bīng xuě sài chǎng zàng zhe zhōng guó shì làng màn
In Milan, the ice rink holds a Chinese-style romance.
玫瑰的芬芳弥漫了整个房间.
Méiguī de fēnfāng mímàn le zhěnggè fángjiān.
The smell of roses filled the room.
汤姆不习惯赤脚漫步。
Tāngmǔ bù xíguàn chìjiǎo mànbù.
Tom isn't used to walking barefooted.
因为暴雨，河水暴涨漫过河岸。
Yīnwèi bàoyǔ, héshuǐ bàozhǎng màn guo hé'àn.
Due to the rainstorm, the river water surged over the river banks.
她缓缓消失在雾气弥漫的森林中。
Tā huǎnhuǎn xiāoshī zài wùqì mímàn de sēnlín zhōng.
She slowly disappeared into the foggy forest.
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