門檻

See also: 门槛

Chinese edit

	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	door sill; threshold; bar door sill; threshold; bar; railing
trad. (門檻)	門	檻
simp. (门槛)	门	槛
alternative forms	門坎／门坎
anagram	檻門／槛门

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménkǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ laam⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-khiâm
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-khám / mûi-khám

(Teochew, Peng'im): mung⁵ kam²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶men-khe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménkǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménkǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-kʻan³
  - Yale: mén-kǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menkaan
  - Palladius: мэнькань (mɛnʹkanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménkǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménkǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-kʻan³-ʼrh
  - Yale: mén-kǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menkaal
  - Palladius: мэньканьр (mɛnʹkanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ kʰɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ laam⁶
  - Yale: mùhn laahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ laam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ lam⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ laːm²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-khiâm
  - Hakka Romanization System: munˇ kiam´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mun² kiam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mun¹¹ kʰi̯am²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-khám
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-khám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngqarm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰam⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-khám
  - Tâi-lô: muî-khám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mui'qarm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² kʰam⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mung⁵ kam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûng khám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰam⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶men-khe
  - MiniDict: men^去 khe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³men-khe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mən²² kʰe⁴⁴/

Noun edit

門檻

(literal) doorstep; sill; threshold
(figurative) requirement; threshold; entry barrier
准入門檻／准入门槛 ― zhǔnrù ménkǎn ― barrier to entry; access threshold

Synonyms edit

(doorstep):

戶填／户填 (Hokkien)
戶限／户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
檻／槛 (kǎn)
轔／辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
門地伏／门地伏 (mon³ i⁵ fuuk⁴) (Taishanese)
門墊／门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
門岸／门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
門限／门限 (ménxiàn)
門階／门阶 (ménjiē)
閫／阃 (kǔn) (literary)
閾／阈 (yù) (literary)
限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English monkey.

Pronunciation edit

Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶men-khe

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶men-khe
  - MiniDict: men^去 khe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³men-khe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mən²² kʰe⁴⁴/

Noun edit

門檻 (Wu)

skill of considering how much one gains and loses