閂門

See also: 闩门

Chinese

		to bolt	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. (閂門)		閂	門
simp. (闩门)		闩	门
anagram		門閂／门闩

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saan¹ mun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): san¹ mon³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôn-mùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuanmén
    • Wade–Giles: shuan¹-mên²
    • Yale: shwān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuanmen
    • Palladius: шуаньмэнь (šuanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯än⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāan mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: san¹ mon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôn-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: con´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: con¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon²⁴ mun¹¹/

Verb

閂⫽門 (verb-object)

1. to latch the door; to bolt the door
2. (Cantonese) to close the door
3. (Cantonese) to close shop; to close for business; to close for the night
4. (Cantonese) to close down; to go bankrupt

Synonyms

• (to close the door):

Dialectal synonyms of 關門 (“to close the door”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關門, 閉門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	關門
	Singapore	關門
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	關門兒
	Xining	關門
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	關門
	Guiyang	關門
	Liuzhou	關門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閂門
	Hong Kong	閂門
	Taishan	閂門
	Dongguan	閂門
Gan	Lichuan	關門
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	閂門
Huizhou	Jixi	關門
Jin	Taiyuan	關門
Northern Min	Jian'ou	關門
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關門
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	關門
	Manila (Hokkien)	關門
	Singapore (Teochew)	關門
	Singapore (Hainanese)	關門
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	關門
Wu	Shanghai	關門
	Danyang	關門
	Ningbo	關門
	Jinhua	關門
Xiang	Loudi	關門

• (to close for business): 關門／关门 (guānmén), 閉門／闭门 (bìmén)

Derived terms

• 閂門閉戶／闩门闭户

 

See also

• 關門／关门 (guānmén)
• 停業／停业 (tíngyè)
• 倒閉／倒闭 (dǎobì)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhòaⁿ-mn̂g

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòaⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tshuànn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvoarmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/

Verb

閂⫽門 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to latch the door; to bolt the door; to lock the door

See also

• 門閂／门闩