門階

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	rank or step; stairs
trad. (門階)		門	階
simp. (门阶)		门	阶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménjie
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-chieh¹
    • Yale: mén-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menjie
    • Palladius: мэньцзе (mɛnʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ gaai¹
    • Yale: mùhn gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

門階

1. doorstep; threshold

Synonyms

• 戶填／户填 (Hokkien)
• 戶限／户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
• 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
• 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
• 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
• 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
• 檻／槛 (kǎn)
• 轔／辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
• 門地伏／门地伏 (mon³ i⁵ fuuk⁴) (Taishanese)
• 門墊／门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
• 門岸／门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 門檻／门槛 (ménkǎn)
• 門限／门限 (ménxiàn)
• 閫／阃 (kǔn) (literary)
• 閾／阈 (yù) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)