龍門

See also: 龙门

Chinese edit

		dragon; imperial; surname	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. (龍門)		龍	門
simp. (龙门)		龙	门

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龍門 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
龍門 (Cantonese)
Liông-mn̂g-koān (Southern Min)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lóngmén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong² men²
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liùng-mùn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-mn̂g / liông-mn̂g / liông-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóngmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóngmén
  - Wade–Giles: lung²-mên²
  - Yale: lúng-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longmen
  - Palladius: лунмэнь (lunmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nong² men²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lungmen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ²¹ mən²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ mun⁴
  - Yale: lùhng mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liùng-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: liungˇ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liung² mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ mun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengmngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: liông-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongmngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: liông-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongbuun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/

Noun edit

龍門

gateway to success
fame; glory
influential person; powerful person
(historical) entrance to the imperial examinations hall
(Cantonese, soccer and other sports) goal
(Cantonese, sports) goalkeeper

Synonyms edit

(goal): 球門／球门 (qiúmén); (Leizhou Min) 波門／波门
(goalkeeper): 守門員／守门员 (shǒuményuán), 門將／门将 (ménjiàng); (Leizhou Min) 波門／波门

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

龍門

(～縣) Longmen (a county of Huizhou, Guangdong, China)
(～街道) Longmen (a subdistrict of Wushan, Chongqing, China)
(archaic, literary) "Longmen", a nickname for Sima Qian on account of his birthplace having been Longmen County