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牡丹

mǔ dan

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

牡丹 (Mǔ dan) means "Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan; tree peony (Paeonia suffrutico". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 牡丹 means

1. tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Other readings

牡丹 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mǔ dansee {牡丹区|Mǔ dan Qū}

The characters in 牡丹

• 牡mǔ(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 丹dānred; pellet; powder

Words starting with 牡丹

• 牡丹亭Mǔ dan TíngThe Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 汤显祖
• 牡丹区Mǔ dan QūMudan, a district of Heze City 菏泽市
• 牡丹卡mǔ dan kǎPeony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
• 牡丹皮mǔ dan píroot bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
• 牡丹江市Mǔ dān jiāng ShìMudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fúAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹江Mǔ dān jiāngsee 牡丹江市

Words containing 牡丹

• 天竺牡丹tiān zhú mǔ dandahlia

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mǔ dan correctly.
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