木蘭

See also: 木兰

Chinese

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

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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸moq-le

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-le
    • MiniDict: moh^入 le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ le²³/

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• Middle Chinese: muwk lan

Rime
Character	木	蘭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (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. *[t] 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

1. (botany) red or lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

Derived terms

• 木蘭步／木兰步
• 木蘭舟／木兰舟
• 木蘭花／木兰花 (mùlánhuā)

 

Proper noun

木蘭

1. (Chinese legend) Mulan (a legendary female warrior, usually given the surname Hua 花)
2. (～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

木蘭

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