門宦

Chinese

		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	an official
trad. (門宦)		門	宦
simp. (门宦)		门	宦

Etymology

Maybe from 門閥／门阀 (ménfá, “school; faction; clique”) or from 門戶／门户 (ménhù, “sect; faction; school”). First attested in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-huan⁴
    • Yale: mén-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menhuann
    • Palladius: мэньхуань (mɛnʹxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/

Noun

門宦

1. (Islam) Sufi order, tariqa

Synonyms

• 塔里卡