門楣

See also: 门楣

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	lintel
trad. (門楣)		門	楣
simp. (门楣)		门	楣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ mei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-mì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-bâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménméi
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-mei²
    • Yale: mén-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menmei
    • Palladius: мэньмэй (mɛnʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: mùhn mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ mei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: munˇ miˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mun² mi²
    • Sinological IPA: /mun¹¹ mi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-bâi
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngbaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/

Noun

門楣

1. lintel (of a door)
2. social status of one's family

Synonyms

• (social status of one's family):

• 人地 (réndì) (literary)
• 門地／门地 (méndì)
• 門戶／门户 (ménhù) (figurative)
• 門第／门第 (méndì)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)