邪門

Chinese

		daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	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. (邪門)		邪	門
simp. (邪门)		邪	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiémén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiémén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siémén
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mên²
    • Yale: syé-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemen
    • Palladius: семэнь (semɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéménr
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syé-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemel
    • Palladius: семэньр (semɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: chèh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ muːn²¹/

Noun

邪門

1. (literary) evil ways; dishonest practices

Derived terms

• 邪門歪道／邪门歪道 (xiéménwāidào)

 

Adjective

邪門

1. (colloquial) odd; strange; unusual