出門

See also: 出门

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (出門)		出	門
simp. (出门)		出	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceot¹ mun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cut² mon³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-mùn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-mn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chumén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-mên²
    • Yale: chū-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chumen
    • Palladius: чумэнь (čumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (出門兒／出门儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuménr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chū-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chumel
    • Palladius: чумэньр (čumɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: chēut mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cut² mon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁵ ᵐbᵘɔn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud` munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ muŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwijH|tsyhwit mwon

Rime
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	諄 (52)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	尺類切	赤律切	莫奔切
Baxter	tsyhwijH	tsyhwit	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiH/	/t͡ɕʰʷit̚/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰjuet̚/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwiH/	/cʰwit̚/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰuiH/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕt̚/	/muən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕt̚/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕt̚/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuì	chu	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3	ceot1	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t-kʰut|t-kʰut-s  mˤə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰljuds|kʰljud  mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chū	chuì	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhwit ›	‹ tsyhwijH ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*t-kʰut/	/*t-kʰut-s/	/*mˁə[r]/
English	go or come out	bring or take out	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1545	1578	8960
Phonetic component	出	出	門
Rime group	隊	物	文
Rime subdivision	3	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	出	出	門
Old Chinese	/*kʰljuds/	/*kʰljud/	/*mɯːn/

Verb

出⫽門 (verb-object)

1. to go out

   出門按鈕。／出门按钮。  ―  Chūmén ànniǔ.  ―  Press to exit.

   你幾時出門呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你几时出门呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ gei² si⁴ ceot¹ mun⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]

   What time will you be leaving the house?

   • 出門同人，又誰咎也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     出门同人，又谁咎也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Chūmén tóngrén, yòu shéi jiù yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 出門如見大賓，使民如承大祭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Chūmén rú jiàn dà bīn, shǐmín rú chéng dà jì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (auxiliary) outside

   不敢穿出門／不敢穿出门  ―  bùgǎn chuān chūmén  ―  be afraid to wear it in public

3. to go on a journey to a far place; to leave home for a far place
4. (of a female) to get married; to marry

Synonyms

• (to go out): 出去 (chūqù), (Cantonese) 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹)
• (outside): (Cantonese) 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹)
• (to go on a journey to a far place): 出遠門／出远门 (chū yuǎnmén)
• (of a female, to get married):

• 于歸 (yúguī) (literary)
• 出嫁 (chūjià)
• 出聘 (chūpìn) (dated)
• 出門子／出门子 (chūménzi) (colloquial)
• 出閣／出阁 (chūgé) (literary)
• 嫁人 (jiàrén)
• 嫁翁 (Hokkien)
• 行嫁 (Hakka)
• 進屋／进屋 (jìnwū) (figurative, literary)

 

Derived terms

• 在家千日好，出門一時難／在家千日好，出门一时难 (zàijiā qiānrì hǎo, chūmén yīshí nán)
• 好事不出門，壞事傳千里／好事不出门，坏事传千里 (hǎoshì bù chūmén, huàishì chuán qiānlǐ)
• 秀才不出門，能知天下事／秀才不出门，能知天下事 (xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì)

 

See also

• 出行 (chūxíng)
• 外出 (wàichū)