土門

Chinese

Etymology 1

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	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. (土門)		土	門
simp. (土门)		土	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tǔmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔmén
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻu³-mên²
    • Yale: Tǔ-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuumen
    • Palladius: Тумэнь (Tumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² mun⁴
    • Yale: tóu mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ muːn²¹/

Proper noun

土門

1. (～鎮) Tumen (a town in Yunxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
2. (～村) Tumen (a village in Sanhe, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (土門)		土	門
simp. (土门)		土	门
alternative forms		吐門／吐门

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Túmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Túmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Túmén
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻu²-mên²
    • Yale: Tú-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Twumen
    • Palladius: Тумэнь (Tumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

土門

1. (historical) Bumin Qaghan (founder of the Turkic Khaganate)