# 牡丹 (mǔdan)

In Mandarin Chinese, 牡丹 (mǔdan) means “peony; tree peony”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: peony; tree peony
- Pinyin: mǔdan (mu3 dan5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 公园里的牡丹开得正艳。
  Gōngyuán lǐ de mǔdan kāi dezhèng yàn.
  The peonies in the park are in full bloom.

## Characters

- 牡 (mǔ): (of a bird, animal or plant) male; key
- 丹 (dān): red; pellet

https://hanziro.com/word/mu-dan-peony/

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