閉門羹

Chinese

		to close the door; to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself	soup
trad. (閉門羹)		閉門	羹
simp. (闭门羹)		闭门	羹
Literally: “closed-door soup”.

Etymology

See the etymology at 吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìméngēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-bûn-keng / pì-mn̂g-keⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìméngēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngeng
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-kêng¹
    • Yale: bì-mén-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengeng
    • Palladius: бимэньгэн (bimɛnʹgɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
    • Yale: bai mùhn gāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴ geng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-bûn-keng
    • Tâi-lô: pì-bûn-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie'bunkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g-keⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g-kenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piemngkvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

閉門羹

1. denial of entrance

Derived terms

• 吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng)
• 嘗閉門羹／尝闭门羹
• 食閉門羹／食闭门羹