偏門

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	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. (偏門)		偏	門
simp. (偏门)		偏	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ mun^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianmén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-mên²
    • Yale: pyān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianmen
    • Palladius: пяньмэнь (pjanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianménr
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: pyān-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianmel
    • Palladius: пяньмэньр (pjanʹmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹ mun^4-2
    • Yale: pīn mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: phian-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phienmngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

偏門

1. side door
2. (figurative) dishonest practices; illegal activities

Synonyms

• (side door):

• 側門／侧门 (cèmén)
• 旁門／旁门 (pángmén)
• 橫門／横门 (waang⁴ mun^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 邊門／边门 (biānmén)