宅門

See also: 宅门

Chinese

		residence	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. (宅門)		宅	門
simp. (宅门)		宅	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zháimén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): the̍h-mn̂g / the̍eh-mûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zháimén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jháimén
    • Wade–Giles: chai²-mên²
    • Yale: jái-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jairmen
    • Palladius: чжаймэнь (čžajmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: jaahk mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the̍h-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: the̍h-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teqmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the̍eh-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: the̍eh-muî
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ muĩ¹³/

Noun

宅門

1. a gate of an old-style big house
2. a family living in an old-style big house