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Orchid in Chinese / Japanese...

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 mǐ lán
 mi ran
Milan Scroll

米蘭 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin name Milan.

This also happens to be the Chinese name for the city Milan or Milano in Italy.

米蘭 are only used for their phonetic properties but this would mean “rice orchid.” But any Chinese person will know that you are talking about either the Italian city or a person named Milan (and will not take the literal meaning).

Though technically, you are supposed to use Katakana instead of Kanji, this also sounds like Milan in Japanese. The pronunciation was borrowed from Chinese when Japan borrowed Chinese characters in the 5th century.

 lán
 ran
Orchid Scroll

蘭 is the character for the orchid in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

Also: Epidendrum.

蘭 is used in some contexts to mean fragrant, elegant, or refined.

蘭 can also be the Chinese family name romanized as “Lan.” However, it is not the only character that can be romanized as Lan.

In Japanese and Korean, this character means orchid but is also used as a suffix or short name for the Netherlands / Holland.

Orchid Queen

Short Version

 lán hòu
Orchid Queen Scroll

蘭后 is the short way to write “Orchid Queen” in Chinese.

This abbreviated version is open to interpretation, but it's a cool title.

Orchid Queen

 lán huā nǚ wáng
Orchid Queen Scroll

蘭花女王 is the long, clear, or verbose version of “Orchid Queen” in Chinese.

 keiran
Keiran Scroll

This is the Japanese female given name Keiran.

This kind of means “wisdom orchid” or “fragrance of wisdom.”




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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your orchid search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
lán
    lan2
lan
 ran(p); ran(p)
    らん(P); ラン(P)

More info & calligraphy:

Orchid
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
(1) orchid; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿蘭陀・オランダ) Netherlands; Holland; (surname, female given name) Ran
The epidendrum, orchid; scented, refined; pledged, sworn; translit. ra, ram, ran; abbrev. for 偸蘭遮 q.v.

君子

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jun zǐ
    jun1 zi3
chün tzu
 kunshi
    くんし

More info & calligraphy:

Nobleman
nobleman; person of noble character
(1) man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman; (2) person of high rank; (3) (See 四君子) the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo); (female given name) Kunshi
superior man

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jiān
    jian1
chien
orchid (same as 蘭草|兰草); Eupatorium (same as 蕑)

see styles
zhēn
    zhen1
chen
(grass); (orchid)

佩蘭


佩兰

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pèi lán
    pei4 lan2
p`ei lan
    pei lan
orchid; fragrant thoroughwort; (botany) Eupatorium fortunei; Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)

四愛

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 shiai
    しあい
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects); (female given name) Shichika

幽客

see styles
 yuukaku / yukaku
    ゆうかく
(1) (See 蘭・らん・1) orchid; (2) hermit

春蘭

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 shunran; shunran
    しゅんらん; シュンラン
(kana only) noble orchid (Cymbidium goeringii); (female given name) Chunran

榧蘭

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 kayaran; kayaran
    かやらん; カヤラン
(kana only) Thrixspermum japonicum (species of orchid)

沢蘭

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 sawaran; sawaran
    さわらん; サワラン
(kana only) Eleorchis japonica (species of orchid)

洋蘭

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 youran / yoran
    ようらん
orchid of Western origin; tropical orchid

澤蘭


泽兰

see styles
zé lán
    ze2 lan2
tse lan
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)

紫蘭

see styles
 shiran
    しらん
Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid); (female given name) Shiran

絹蘭

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 kinuran
    きぬらん
(kana only) lawn orchid; soldier's orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica)

芝蘭


芝兰

see styles
zhī lán
    zhi1 lan2
chih lan
 shiran
    しらん
lit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments; (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
(1) (See 霊芝・れいし,藤袴・ふじばかま) reishi mushroom and thoroughwort; fragrant plants; (can be adjective with の) (2) talented; virtuous; (given name) Tsuuran

蘭嶼


兰屿

see styles
lán yǔ
    lan2 yu3
lan yü
 ransho
    らんしょ
Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
(place-name) Orchid Island (Taiwan)

蘭花


兰花

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lán huā
    lan2 hua1
lan hua
 ranfa
    らんふぁ
cymbidium; orchid
(female given name) Ranfa

蘭菊


兰菊

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lán jú
    lan2 ju2
lan chü
 rankiku
Orchid and chrysanthemum, spring and autumn, emblems of beauty.

蘭香


兰香

see styles
lán xiāng
    lan2 xiang1
lan hsiang
 rankou / ranko
    らんこう
(surname, given name) Rankou
Orchid fragrance, spring.

蝦根

see styles
 ebine
    えびね
(kana only) Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)

衣蘭

see styles
 iran
    いらん
(kana only) lawn orchid; soldier's orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica); (surname) Iran

金蘭


金兰

see styles
jīn lán
    jin1 lan2
chin lan
 kinran; kinran
    きんらん; キンラン
profound friendship; sworn brotherhood
(1) (kana only) golden orchid (Cephalanthera falcata); kinran; (2) very close friendship

鴇草

see styles
 tokisou / tokiso
    ときそう
(kana only) pogonia (Pogonia japonica) (species of orchid)

鷺草

see styles
 sagisou; sagisou / sagiso; sagiso
    さぎそう; サギソウ
(kana only) fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso

麦欄

see styles
 mugiran; mugiran
    むぎらん; ムギラン
(kana only) Bulbophyllum inconspicuum (species of orchid)

一葉蘭

see styles
 ichiyouran; ichiyouran / ichiyoran; ichiyoran
    いちようらん; イチヨウラン
(kana only) Dactylostalix ringens (species of orchid); rigid Dactylostalix

千鳥草

see styles
 chidorisou; chidorisou / chidoriso; chidoriso
    ちどりそう; チドリソウ
(1) (kana only) (See 手形千鳥) fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea); (2) (See 飛燕草) rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)

四君子

see styles
 shikunshi
    しくんし
the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

土木通

see styles
 tsuchiakebi
    つちあけび
(kana only) Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)

土通草

see styles
 tsuchiakebi
    つちあけび
(kana only) Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Milan米蘭
米兰
mi ran / miranmǐ lán / mi3 lan2 / mi lan / milan
Orchid
ranlán / lan2 / lan
Orchid Queen蘭后
兰后
lán hòu / lan2 hou4 / lan hou / lanhou
Orchid Queen蘭花女王
兰花女王
lán huā nǚ wáng
lan2 hua1 nv3 wang2
lan hua nv wang
lanhuanvwang
lan hua nü wang
lanhuanüwang
Keiran恵蘭keiran
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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