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 (Jyutping): muk⁶ laan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùlán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlan
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ la̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ laan⁴
  - Yale: muhk làahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ laan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ lan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² lɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-lân
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boglaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² lan²³/

Middle Chinese: /muk̚ lɑn/▼

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
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

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.mˤok/	/*k.rˤan/
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

(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

(Chinese legend) Mulan (a legendary female warrior, usually given the surname Hua 花)
(～縣) Mulan County (a county of Harbin, Heilongjiang)
(～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

(historical) A place for emperors to hunt in Hebei province.

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