杜門

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	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. (杜門)		杜	門
simp. (杜门)		杜	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùmén
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-mên²
    • Yale: dù-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhmen
    • Palladius: думэнь (dumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: douh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² muːn²¹/

Verb

杜門

1. (literary, literally) to close the door
2. (literary, figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Synonyms

• (to close the door): (literary) 閉門／闭门 (bìmén)
• (to seclude oneself):

• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)