木蘭

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See also: 木兰

Chinese

		tree; wood	orchid
trad. (木蘭)		木	蘭
simp. (木兰)		木	兰

Wikipedia has articles on:

木蘭 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Magnolia liliiflora (English)
Mulan (disambiguation) (English)

A blooming lily magnolia

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùlán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk⁶ laan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk⁵ lan³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-lân
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùlán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùlán
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-lan²
  - Yale: mù-lán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlan
  - Palladius: мулань (mulanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ län³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ laan⁴
  - Yale: muhk làahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ laan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ lan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² laːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: muuk⁵ lan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɵk̚³² lan²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-lân
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boglaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-le
  - MiniDict: moh^入 le
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-le
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ le²³/

Middle Chinese: muwk lan

Rime
Character	木	蘭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫卜切	落干切
Baxter	muwk	lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwk̚/	/lan/
Li Rong	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Wang Li	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/muk̚/	/lɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù	lán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk⁶	laan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤok k.rˤan/

(Zhengzhang): /*moːɡ ɡ·raːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	木	蘭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mù	lán
Middle Chinese	‹ muwk ›	‹ lan ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁok/	/*k.rˁan/
English	tree, wood	orchid
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	木	蘭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9327	6119
Phonetic component	木	柬
Rime group	屋	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	木	蘭
Old Chinese	/*moːɡ/	/*ɡ·raːn/

Etymology 1

Noun

木蘭

(botany) red or lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

Derived terms

Proper noun

木蘭

(Chinese legend) Mulan (a legendary female warrior, usually given the surname Hua 花)
(～溪) Mulan River (a watercourse of central Fujian which enters the Taiwan Strait in Putian's Hanjiang District)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᡠᡵᠠᠨ (muran).

Proper noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

木兰围场

Wikipedia has articles on:

木兰县 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Bo̍k-lân-koān (Southern Min)

木蘭

(historical) a Qing-dynasty royal hunting ground in Hebei province
(～縣) Mulan (a county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)

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