牡丹江
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Chinese
| tree peony; marlberry | river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (牡丹江) |
牡丹 | 江 | |
Etymology
牡丹 (mǔdān) is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ (mudan, “bend”), in the Manchu name for the river ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ (mudan ula, “river of bends”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maau5 daan1 gong1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bó͘-tan-kang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ → ㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ (toneless variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mǔdånjiang
- Wade–Giles: Mu3-tan5-chiang1
- Yale: Mǔ-dan-jyāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Muu.danjiang
- Palladius: Муданьцзян (Mudanʹczjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /mu²¹⁴ d̥än⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maau5 daan1 gong1
- Yale: máauh dāan gōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau5 daan1 gong1
- Guangdong Romanization: mao5 dan1 gong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bó͘-tan-kang
- Tâi-lô: Bóo-tan-kang
- Phofsit Daibuun: bofdankafng
- IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan³³ kaŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
牡丹江
- Mudan (a river in Heilongjiang, China)
- (～市) Mudanjiang (a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China)
Descendants
- → English: Mudanjiang, Mu-tan-chiang