How to pronounce Mulan
Mulan (the heroine Hua Mulan) is 花木兰 in Chinese, written Huāmùlán in pinyin and said hwah-moo-lahn.
花木兰
hwah-moo-lahn
Sound by sound
- 花hwahFirst tone: high and level
- 木mooFourth tone: falling sharply
- 兰lahnSecond tone: rising, as in a question
People
- Xi Jinping 习近平 shee-jeen-peeng
- Mao Zedong 毛泽东 mow-dzuh-doong
- Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 dung-shyow-peeng
- Confucius (Kongzi) 孔子 koong-dzuh
- Laozi 老子 low-dzuh
- Li Bai 李白 lee-buy
- Yao Ming 姚明 yow-meeng
- Zhang Ziyi 章子怡 jahng-dzuh-yee
- Gong Li 巩俐 goong-lee
- Liu Cixin 刘慈欣 lyoh-tsuh-sheen
- Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇 cheen-shr-hwahng
- Sun Wukong 孙悟空 swun-woo-koong
- Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 joo-guh-lyahng
- Guan Yu 关羽 gwahn-yew
- Zheng He 郑和 jung-huh
How do you pronounce Mulan?
Mulan (the heroine Hua Mulan) is 花木兰 in Chinese, written Huāmùlán in pinyin and said hwah-moo-lahn.
What are the tones in Mulan?
huā: first tone, high and level; mù: fourth tone, falling sharply; lán: second tone, rising, as in a question.
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