放蕩

See also: 放荡

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (放蕩)		放	蕩
simp. (放荡)		放	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ dong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fong-thong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-tǒng / hòng-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngdàng
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-tang⁴
    • Yale: fàng-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqdanq
    • Palladius: фандан (fandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ dong⁶
    • Yale: fong dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ tɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-thong
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong tong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngdong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 放蕩

1. doing as one wants without restraint, often with regard to alcohol and women; dissipation, debauchery

Verb

放蕩

1. to do whatever one likes; to show no restraint
2. to be wanton; to be immoral; to be licentious

Related terms

• (literary) 放浪 (fànglàng)
• 放縱／放纵 (fàngzòng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
放	蕩
放 Grade: 3	蕩 Hyōgaiji

Etymology

/hautau/ > /hoːtoː/

Noun

放蕩 • (hōtō) ^{←はうたう (fautau)?}

1. doing as one wants without restraint, often with regard to alcohol and women; dissipation, debauchery

Derived terms

• 放蕩息子(ほうとうむすこ) (hōtō musuko)