冷門

See also: 冷门

Chinese

		cold	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. (冷門)		冷	門
simp. (冷门)		冷	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ mun^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-mn̂g / léng-mûi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lan-men

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngmén
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-mên²
    • Yale: lěng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengmen
    • Palladius: лэнмэнь (lɛnmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngménr
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: lěng-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengmel
    • Palladius: лэнмэньр (lɛnmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Yale: láahng mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: líng-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngmngg
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: líng-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngmuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lan-men
    • MiniDict: lan^去 men
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lan-men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lã²² mən⁴⁴/

Adjective

冷門

1. (attributive) unpopular (of a major, subject, etc.)

Antonyms

• 熱門／热门 (rèmén)

Noun

冷門

1. unexpected winner; dark horse

Derived terms

• 爆冷門／爆冷门 (bào lěngmén) (to produce a dark horse)