上門

See also: 上门

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	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. (上門)		上	門
simp. (上门)		上	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ mun^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-mn̂g / chiōⁿ-mûi / chiǔⁿ-mn̂g / siāng-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zion⁶ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngmén
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-mên²
    • Yale: shàng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqmen
    • Palladius: шанмэнь (šanmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上門兒／上门儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngménr
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqmel
    • Palladius: шанмэньр (šanmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ mun^4-2
    • Yale: séuhng mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixmuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ muĩ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-mn̂g
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngbuun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ bun¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zion⁶ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŏⁿ mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ muŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

上門

1. to drop in; to visit

   送貨上門／送货上门  ―  sònghuò shàngmén  ―  to provide home delivery

   上門提親，穿戴一定要整齊，要有禮貌。 [MSC, trad.]
   上门提亲，穿戴一定要整齐，要有礼貌。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàngmén tíqīn, chuāndài yīdìng yào zhěngqí, yào yǒu lǐmào. [Pinyin]

   When you visit to propose marriage, you must dress neatly and be polite.

2. to lock a door; to lock the doors
3. to be closed (for business)
4. (dialectal) to marry into and live with the wife's family

Synonyms

• (to visit):

• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过

 

• (to lock a door): 鎖門／锁门 (suǒmén)
• (to be closed for business): 下班 (xiàbān)
• (to marry into and live with the wife's family): 入贅／入赘 (rùzhuì), 招贅／招赘 (zhāozhuì), 倒插門／倒插门 (dàochāmén); (Hokkien) 招囝婿, 予人招, 賣大燈／卖大灯, 吊大燈／吊大灯, 進做／进做

Derived terms

• 上門女婿／上门女婿

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	門
じょう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

上(じょう)門(もん) • (jōmon) 

1. superphylum