Etymology

Mudan

Mu·dan
M3U1D2A1N1

Today it means: A river in Heilongjiang, China, tributary of Songhua (Sungari). Full definition →

Mandarin 牡丹
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from牡丹
  2. English todayMudan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牡丹 (Mǔdān).

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