# 夢蘭
## Chinese
### Etymology

From the story of Yanji, the concubine of Duke Wen of Zheng.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mènglán
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄌㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mung$^6$ laan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mènglán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄌㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mènglán
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^4$-lan$^2$
*** Yale: mèng-lán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqlan
*** Palladius: мэнлань (mɛnlanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ⁵¹ län³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mung$^6$ laan$^4$
*** Yale: muhng làahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mung$^6$ laan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mung$^6$ lan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ²² laːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mjuwng|mjuwngH lan
Rime :
| Character | 夢 | 夢 | 蘭 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 東 (2) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | I |
| Fanqie | 莫中切 | 莫鳳切 | 落干切 |
| Baxter | mjuwng | mjuwngH | lan |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨuŋ/ | /mɨuŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miuŋ/ | /miuŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuŋ/ | /miuŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muwŋ/ | /muwŋ$^H$/ | /lan/ |
| Li Rong | /miuŋ/ | /miuŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭuŋ/ | /mĭuŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯uŋ/ | /mi̯uŋ$^H$/ | /lɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méng | mèng | lán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mung$^4$ | mung$^6$ | laan$^4$ |

### Verb

夢蘭
* (literary, figurative) to become pregnant; to be pregnant

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 孕, 妊, 娠, 懷, 有身, 妊娠, 懷孕, 懷子, 懷身, 懷妊, 重身, 夢蘭 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 懷孕, 懷胎, 妊娠, 有孕, 有身孕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 有身子, 大肚子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 懷孕, 有身孕, 有了, 大肚子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 有喜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 雙身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 懷孕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 有了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 有喜, 有了, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 懷孕, 有喜, 有, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 懷孕, 懷孩子, 有喜, 有了, 大肚子, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 懷孕, 有喜, 重身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身板兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身板兒, 雙身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 懷孕, 大肚子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 懷孕, 懷, 有了 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 懷孕, 有了, 有喜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 有喜, 雙身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 懷孕, 有啦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 懷孕, 有喜, 有啢, 雙身子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 有喜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 雙身子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 有啦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 有了, 有喜, 大肚子 derogatory |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了, 有啦, 雙身 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 有喜, 雙身 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 有喜, 有身子, 懷孕, 妊娠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 有喜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 有啦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 巴結, 身子不空 euphemistic, 重身子 euphemistic |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 有身子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 懷孕, 有喜, 懷孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 懷孕, 懷胎, 有喜, 有孕, 懷娃, 有啥 euphemistic, 有咧 euphemistic, 有身子 euphemistic, 快到炕下 euphemistic |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 有喜, 懷上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 懷娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 有喜, 身不空, 大肚兒子, 大肚兒, 懷孕, 有啥 euphemistic |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 懷孕, 懷孩子, 懷上, 懷, 有了, 有喜, 有孕, 雙身子 euphemistic, 帶球走 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 有哩, 懷上娃, 肚子大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 懷上 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 懷孕, 懷娃娃, 身上有了, 有了, 有喜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 懷娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 懷孕, 懷, 有喜, 有了 euphemistic |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 有喜, 有了, 身子不空 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 有孕, 有喜, 懷娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 懷孕, 害娃娃, 肚子大, 有咧, 有啦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 有喜, 懷娃娃, 肚皮大, 揣起, 懷孕, 懷胎, 有了, 害喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 懷孕, 有喜, 有啦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 有喜, 有了, 懷娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 懷, 有喜, 懷起娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 懷孕, 懷, 懷身, 懷伢, 有喜 euphemistic, 有了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 懷孕, 有喜, 有嗒, 懷伢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 懷娃娃, 害娃娃, 有喜, 有了, 懷孕, 肚皮大 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 有喜, 有了, 懷娃兒, 害喜, 害兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 懷孕, 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 有喜, 有啦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 懷孕, 懷娃娃, 有娃娃, 有喜, 有身子, 有了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 有喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 懷孕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 懷孕, 有喜, 扛大肚子, 扛大肚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 有喜, 有了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 有喜, 大肚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 有喜, 帶肚子, 懷肚子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 懷孕, 懷到, 懷, 懷身子, 有喜, 有了, 帶到, 帶著 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 懷孕, 有喜, 帶肚子, 懷身子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 懷孕, 懷身子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 有喜, 有身子, 擔身, 有了 euphemistic, 坐胎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 懷孕, 有喜, 有了 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 有喜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 懷孕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 馱肚子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 有喜, 有麼事, 馱肚子, 害喜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大肚, 馱仔, 有喜, 有身己, 有咗肚, 有咗 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大肚, 馱仔, 有身己, 有喜, 有餡, 有咗 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 大肚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 有身子, 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 大肚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 馱仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 有身己, 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 大肚, 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 有身孕, 有歡喜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 大肚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 大肚, 帶喜 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 大肚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 有咗身 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 四眼, 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 大肚, 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 帶仔, 四眼, 大肚, 有喜, 有細民仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 帶仔, 四眼 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 帶仔, 大肚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 有喜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 馱仔, 有身 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 有身己 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 馱仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 有啲, 帶大肚 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 有仔, 大肚, 馱仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 有喜 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 有身己 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 有喜, 馱肚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 帶好事, 帶喜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 巴肚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 擐大肚, 擐倈肚, 有身項, 有身, 有身仔, 有喜, 大肚籮身, 有好事 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 擐大肚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 大肚胈, 馱仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 發大肚, 大肚胈 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 肚胈大 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 肚胈大 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大肚 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 發大肚, 大肚屎 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 馱仔, 馱胎 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 懷孕 |
| Hakka | Changting | 擐大腹, 大腹屎 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 擐大肚, 大肚屎 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 擐大肚, 大肚屎 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 大腹屎 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 大腹屎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 有肚, 有好事, 懷肚 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 擐肚, 大肚屎, 大肚籮 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 有好事, 有肚, 大肚 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 搭大肚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 擐人, 擐大肚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 擐人, 擐大肚, 大肚屎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 有身項 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 有身 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 大肚屎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 夯人, 大肚屎, 病子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 擐大肚, 擐人, 擐細人, 大肚屎, 病子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 擐人, 擐大肚, 夯人, 大肚屎, 病子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 有身項, 有身, 有身妊, 擐人, 擐大肚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 有身, 有身妊, 大屎肚, 擐人, 擐大肚, 病子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 大肚胈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 大肚胈 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 擔肚 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 有喜, 擔身體 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 帶囝 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 有肚 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 有肚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 有咧, 懷上娃娃, 懷孕, 有身子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 懷上孩兒, 雙身 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 懷孕, 有了, 有喜, 雙身子 |
| Jin | Datong | 懷上 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 有啢, 懷上, 懷上娃娃, 肚大, 有身孕 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 懷孕, 有啢 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 有喜, 懷上, 有身子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 懷孕 |
| Jin | Linhe | 有身孕, 有了, 有喜, 有, 大肚 |
| Jin | Jining | 懷孕, 有了 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 有了, 有啦 |
| Jin | Baotou | 有了 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 懷胎, 懷肚 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 懷上肚子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 懷孕, 大肚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 有了 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 懷孕, 雙身子, 有咧 |
| Jin | Handan | 有了, 懷孩子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 有啦 |
| Jin | Suide | 有了, 有身子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 有囝, 有身 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 有妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 有身 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 有囝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 懷身 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 有囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 帶身, 有身喜, 帶身喜, 大腹肚, 病囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 帶身, 大腹肚 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 有囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 大腹肚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 帶身 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 有囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 有身, 帶身, 帶膭, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 有身, 帶身, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 帶身, 帶腹肚 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 捾腹肚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 有身, 帶身, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚, 有囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 有囡仔, 有好事 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 有細囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 有囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 有身 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 大腹肚, 有身 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 大腹肚, 有身, 有囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 有身, 大腹肚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 有身, 大腹肚, 有胎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大腹肚, 有身 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 有身, 大腹肚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 帶身, 有身 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 帶身, 有身 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 帶身 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 有嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 病囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 有身己, 上身 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 大身孕, 有身孕, 有喜 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 懷胎, 大屎肚, 有身孕, 有屎肚 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 大屎肚, 馱囡仔, 有身己 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 大屎肚, 有身己, 有喜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 有阿孥, 有身份 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 有阿孥, 有身份 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 有阿孥, 有身份, 有囝, 捾囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 有身份, 病囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 有身 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 有孥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 捾囝儂, 捾囝, 捾儂 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 捾囝, 病囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 捾囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 大腹肚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 大腹肚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 大肚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 有身, 有身子, 馱身, 有喜 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 大身 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 大肚 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 大身 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 大肚屎 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 肚大 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 大肚屎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 懷孕, 有喜, 拖身體, 大肚皮, 有身孕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 有小囡, 鐾小囡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拖身體, 大肚皮, 有喜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 擔身體, 有則養, 肚皮大 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 害喜得唻, 有喜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 有生, 有身, 有喜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拖大肚, 拖身體 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 有了, 有小箇, 有王男, 有身蟣 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 擓肚, 擓毛毛, 馱肚, 馱毛毛, 懷肚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 上身, 懷肚, 馱肚, 馱毛毛 |
| Xiang | Lianyuan | 馱肚, 馱毛毛 |
| Xiang | Shaoyang | 有毛毛哩 |

#### Derived terms

* 夢蘭叶吉／梦兰叶吉
* 燕姞夢蘭／燕姞梦兰