牡丹江

Chinese

		tree peony; marlberry	river
simp. and trad. (牡丹江)		牡丹	江

Etymology

牡丹 (mǔdān) is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ (mudan, “bend”), in the Manchu name for the river ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ (mudan ula, “river of bends”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mǔdānjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵ daan¹ gong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bó͘-tan-kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǔdānjiāng → Mǔdanjiāng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢㄐㄧㄤ → ㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄢㄐㄧㄤ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mǔdånjiang
  - Wade–Giles: Mu³-tan⁵-chiang¹
  - Yale: Mǔ-dan-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Muu.danjiang
  - Palladius: Муданьцзян (Mudanʹczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /mu²¹⁴ d̥än⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁵ daan¹ gong¹
  - Yale: máauh dāan gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵ daan¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁵ dan¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bó͘-tan-kang
  - Tâi-lô: Bóo-tan-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bofdankafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan³³ kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

牡丹江

Mudan River (a river in Heilongjiang, China)
(～市) Mudanjiang (a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China)

Descendants

→ English: Mudanjiang, Mu-tan-chiang

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