馬蘭

Chinese

Etymology 1

		horse; surname	Eupatorium fortunei
trad. (馬蘭)		馬	蘭
simp. (马兰)		马	兰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎlán
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-lan²
    • Yale: mǎ-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maalan
    • Palladius: малань (malanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ laan⁴
    • Yale: máh làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ laːn²¹/

Noun

馬蘭

1. Indian aster (Aster indicus, syn. Kalimeris indica)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (馬蘭)		馬	蘭
simp. (马兰)		马	兰

Borrowed from Malay Maran.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎlán
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-lan²
    • Yale: Mǎ-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalan
    • Palladius: Малань (Malanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ laan⁴
    • Yale: máh làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ laːn²¹/

Proper noun

馬蘭

1. (～市, ～縣) Maran (a town and district of Pahang, Malaysia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	蘭
ば Grade: 2	らん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

馬(ば)蘭(らん) • (baran) 

1. synonym of 葉蘭 (haran, “cast-iron plant”) (Aspidistra elatior)