木蓮

Chinese

		tree; wood	lotus
trad. (木蓮)		木	蓮
simp. (木莲)		木	莲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ lin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùlián
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-lien²
    • Yale: mù-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlian
    • Palladius: мулянь (muljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ lin⁴
    • Yale: muhk lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² liːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-liân
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɛn²³/

Noun

木蓮

1. creeping fig; climbing fig (Ficus pumila)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薜荔 (“creeping fig; climbing fig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薜荔, 木蓮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	愛玉
Southern Min	Xiamen	薁蕘, 風不動
	Quanzhou	栟枹
	Zhangzhou	栟枹
	Taipei	薁蕘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薁蕘
	Kaohsiung	薁蕘
	Yilan	薁蕘
	Changhua (Lukang)	薁蕘
	Taichung	薁蕘
	Tainan	子仔
	Hsinchu	薁蕘, 栟枹
	Kinmen	薁蕘
	Penghu (Magong)	薁蕘
	Leizhou	甜泡
Note	Most of the terms refer especially to Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
木	蓮
もく Grade: 1	れん Jinmeiyō
goon	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
木蘭

Noun

木(もく)蓮(れん) or 木蓮(モクレン) • (mokuren) 

1. purple magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

   Synonym: 紫木蓮 (shimokuren)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
木	蓮
き Grade: 1	はちす Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

木(き)蓮(はちす) • (kihachisu) 

1. Synonym of 木槿 (mukuge, “Hibiscus syriacus”)
2. Synonym of 芙蓉 (fuyō, “cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	蓮

Noun

木蓮 • (mongnyeon) (hangeul 목련)

1. Hanja form^? of 목련 (“magnolia”).