Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unrestrained, uninhibited: Describes a state of being free from constraints, rules, or conventional morality, often to an excessive degree.
   • Licentious, dissolute: Refers to a lifestyle characterized by a lack of moral restraint, especially in pleasure-seeking.
   • Free-spirited, unconventional: Can describe an artistic or personal style that is free from formal rules and conventions.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy sống một cuộc đời rất phóng túng. (He leads a very dissolute/wild life.)
  • Phong cách hội họa của ông ấy rất phóng túng và sáng tạo. (His painting style is very free-spirited and creative.)
  • Lối sống phóng túng của cô ấy khiến gia đình lo lắng. (Her uninhibited lifestyle worries her family.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sống phóng túng": To lead a loose/dissolute/wild life.

  • Sau khi giàu lên, anh ta bắt đầu sống phóng túng. (After becoming rich, he began to lead a dissolute life.)

• "Tính cách phóng túng": An uninhibited/free-spirited personality.

  • Tính cách phóng túng giúp anh ấy trở thành một nghệ sĩ tài năng. (His free-spirited personality helps him become a talented artist.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phóng khoáng (adj): Broad-minded, generous, liberal (often positive, focusing on openness and lack of pettiness).

  • Ông ấy là người rất phóng khoáng trong cách suy nghĩ. (He is a very broad-minded person in his thinking.)

• Buông thả (adj/v): To let oneself go, to be negligent; dissolute (often with a more negative connotation than phóng túng).

  • Đừng buông thả bản thân sau thất bại. (Don't let yourself go after the failure.)

Synonyms

• Tự do quá trớn: Excessively free, overindulgent.
• Vô kỷ luật: Undisciplined.
• Lẳng lơ (typically for behavior perceived as morally loose, especially for women): Flirtatious, loose.

Related Phrases

• Ăn chơi phóng túng: To indulge in a life of pleasure and dissipation.
  • Thời trẻ, ông ấy nổi tiếng với lối ăn chơi phóng túng. (In his youth, he was famous for his dissolute, pleasure-seeking lifestyle.)

Related Idioms

• "Phóng túng bạt mạng": Recklessly uninhibited, wildly unrestrained (emphasizes a dangerous or extreme lack of restraint).
  • Cậu ấy lái xe một cách phóng túng bạt mạng. (He drives in a wildly reckless manner.)

1. Loose, on the loose (thông tục), wild, running wild
   • Ăn chơi phóng túng
     To lead a loose life, to be on the loose
   • Cuộc đời phóng túng
     A wild life
   • Khúc phóng túng (nhạc)
     Fantasy, fantasia