春蘭

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	orchid
trad. (春蘭)		春	蘭
simp. (春兰)		春	兰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnlán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄌㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ laan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-làn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnlán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄌㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunlán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-lan²
  - Yale: chwūn-lán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenlan
  - Palladius: чуньлань (čunʹlanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ län³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ laan⁴
  - Yale: chēun làahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ laan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ lan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-làn
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ lan^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ lan²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ lan¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-lân
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhunlaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

Noun

春蘭

noble orchid; Cymbidium goeringii

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	蘭
しゅん Grade: 2	らん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅんらん [shúꜜǹràǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) しゅんらん [shùńráń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃n̺ɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

春(しゅん)蘭(らん) • (shunran) (counter 本)

noble orchid; Cymbidium goeringii

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シュンラン (shunran).

Derived terms

中(ちゅう)国(ごく)春(しゅん)蘭(らん) (Chūgoku shunran)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
春	蘭

Noun

春蘭 • (chullan) (hangeul 춘란)

hanja form^? of 춘란