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There are 12 total results for your 木蘭 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

木蘭


木兰

see styles
mù lán
    mu4 lan2
mu lan
 mokuren
    もくれん

More info & calligraphy:

Magnolia
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
(kana only) lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora); (female given name) Mokuren

木蘭屬


木兰属

see styles
mù lán shǔ
    mu4 lan2 shu3
mu lan shu
Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs

木蘭科


木兰科

see styles
mù lán kē
    mu4 lan2 ke1
mu lan k`o
    mu lan ko
Magnoliaceae, family of trees and shrubs

木蘭綱


木兰纲

see styles
mù lán gāng
    mu4 lan2 gang1
mu lan kang
Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)

木蘭縣


木兰县

see styles
mù lán xiàn
    mu4 lan2 xian4
mu lan hsien
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang

木蘭色


木兰色

see styles
mù lán sè
    mu4 lan2 se4
mu lan se
 mokuran jiki
Brownish colour made from bark, probably cinnamon.

木蘭花


木兰花

see styles
mù lán huā
    mu4 lan2 hua1
mu lan hua

More info & calligraphy:

Magnolia Flower
magnolia

紫木蘭

see styles
 shimokuren
    しもくれん
(kana only) alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

花木蘭


花木兰

see styles
huā mù lán
    hua1 mu4 lan2
hua mu lan

More info & calligraphy:

Hua Mulan
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature

鈴木蘭々

see styles
 suzukiranran
    すずきらんらん
(person) Suzuki Ranran (1975.8-)

Variations:
木蓮
木蘭

see styles
 mokuren; mokuren
    もくれん; モクレン
(kana only) lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

Variations:
紫木蓮
紫木蘭

see styles
 shimokuren; shimokuren
    しもくれん; シモクレン
(kana only) (See 木蓮・もくれん) alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "木蘭" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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