後門

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	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. (後門)		後	門
simp. (后门)		后	门

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòumén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau⁶ mun^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu⁵ mon³ / heu⁵ mon^3*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-mùn
Jin (Wiktionary): hou³ meng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): āu-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòumén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòumén
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-mên²
  - Yale: hòu-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmen
  - Palladius: хоумэнь (xoumɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòuménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòuménr
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: hòu-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmel
  - Palladius: хоумэньр (xoumɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ mun^4-2
  - Yale: hauh mún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ mun^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ mun^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu⁵ mon³ / heu⁵ mon^3*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu³² ᵐbᵘɔn²²/, /heu³² ᵐbᵘɔn²²⁻²²⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hou³ meng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵ mə̃ŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: āu-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxmngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/

Noun

後門

back door; back gate
(computing) backdoor
植入後門／植入后门 ― zhírù hòumén ― to place a backdoor
(figuratively) improper means; fraudulent means; way to get around something
(figuratively) anus

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “back door”): 前門／前门 (qiánmén)

Derived terms

走後門／走后门 (zǒu hòumén)

Related terms

後閘／后闸 (hòuzhá)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hòumén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Beijing dialect)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hòumén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hòumén
  - Wade–Giles: Hou⁴-mên²
  - Yale: Hòu-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Howmen
  - Palladius: Хоумэнь (Xoumɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

後門

(Beijing Mandarin) Synonym of 地安門／地安门 (Dì'ānmén).

Coordinate terms

前門／前门 (Qiánmén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	門
こう Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

後(こう)門(もん) • (kōmon)

a back gate
(figuratively) the anus, as a homophone for 肛門 and in contrast to 前門 (zenmon, “front gate”, figurative for vagina)

Synonyms

(literal and figurative): 裏門(うらもん) (uramon)
(figuratively): 肛門(こうもん) (kōmon)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “literal and figurative”): 前門(ぜんもん) (zenmon)
(antonym(s) of “literal and figurative”): 表門(おもてもん) (omotemon)
(antonym(s) of “front gate, not figurative”): 正門(せいもん) (seimon)

Derived terms

後門類(こうもんるい) (kōmonrui): Opisthogoneata, a division of phylum Arthropoda that includes the centipedes and, in some categorizations, the insects

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	門

Noun

後門 • (humun) (hangeul 후문)

hanja form^? of 후문 (“back door”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
後	門

Noun

後門

chữ Hán form of hậu môn (“anus”).