# 木蘭
## Chinese

* 木蘭 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Magnolia liliiflora (English)
* Mulan (disambiguation) (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mùlán
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk$^6$ laan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk$^5$ lan$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-lân
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq-le
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mùlán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mùlán
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^4$-lan$^2$
*** Yale: mù-lán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlan
*** Palladius: мулань (mulanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹ län³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: muk$^6$ laan$^4$
*** Yale: muhk làahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: muk$^9$ laan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mug$^6$ lan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊk̚² laːn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: muuk$^5$ lan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$moq-le
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ le
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$moq-le
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ le²³/
* Middle Chinese: muwk lan
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 |
| 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 | muk$^6$ | laan$^4$ |
* 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
* (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)
* (～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

* 木兰围场
* 木兰县 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Bo̍k-lân-koān (Southern Min)
木蘭
* (historical) a Qing-dynasty royal hunting ground in Hebei province
* (～縣) Mulan (a county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)