Chinese

牡丹

Noun

牡丹

1. peony

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼ​たん [bóꜜtàǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞tã̠ɴ]

Noun

牡丹 ‎(hiragana ぼたん, katakana ボタン, romaji botan)

1. peony

Synonyms

• (peony): 国色 (こくしょく) ‎(kokushoku), 天香国色 (てんこうこくしょく) ‎(tenkōkokushoku)

Proper noun

牡丹 ‎(hiragana ぼたん, romaji Botan)

1. A female given name

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼうたん [bòótáń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

牡丹 ‎(hiragana ぼうたん, romaji bōtan)

1. peony

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Noun

牡丹 • ‎(moran) ‎(hangeul 모란)

1. Hanja form^? of 모란, “peony”.

Vietnamese

Noun

牡丹

1. Hán tự form of mẫu đơn, “peony”