串門

See also: 串门

Chinese

		to string together; to mix up; to conspire to string together; to mix up; to conspire; to connect; (a measure word); string	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. (串門)		串	門
simp. (串门)		串	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuànmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoàn-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuànmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuànmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan⁴-mên²
    • Yale: chwàn-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuannmen
    • Palladius: чуаньмэнь (čuanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (串門兒／串门儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuànménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuànménr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan⁴-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chwàn-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuannmel
    • Palladius: чуаньмэньр (čuanʹmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³ mun⁴
    • Yale: chyun mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoàn-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tshuàn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoarnmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/

Verb

串門

1. (colloquial) to pay a visit to someone's home; to drop in

Synonyms

• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过