入門

See also: 入门

Chinese

		to enter	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. (入門)		入	門
simp. (入门)		入	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍p-mùn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-bûn / ji̍p-bûn / li̍p-mn̂g / ji̍p-mn̂g / ji̍p-mûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rib⁸ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùmén
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-mên²
    • Yale: rù-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhmen
    • Palladius: жумэнь (žumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: yahp mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi̍p-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngib mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngib⁶ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋip̚⁵ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: libbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jibbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: libmngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jibmngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² mŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jibmuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ muĩ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rib⁸ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍p mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zip̚⁴⁻² muŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

入門

1. (literally) to enter a door or gate
2. (figuratively) to learn the fundamentals

Synonyms

• (to learn the fundamentals): 上路 (shànglù)

Noun

入門

1. introduction to a subject; elementary course; primer

   《C++入門》／《C++入门》  ―  “sēijiājiā rùmén”  ―  Introduction to C++

2. (literary) entrance door or gate

Derived terms

• 入門毒品 / 入门毒品 (rùmén dúpǐn)
• 入門級 / 入门级 (rùménjí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
入	門
にゅう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にゅうもん [nyùúmóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɨːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

入(にゅう)門(もん) • (nyūmon) 

1. entering a gate
2. becoming a student or disciple
3. primer, guide, introduction
4. beginning study of something

Derived terms

• 入門書

Verb

入(にゅう)門(もん)する • (nyūmon suru) suru (stem 入(にゅう)門(もん)し (nyūmon shi), past 入(にゅう)門(もん)した (nyūmon shita))

1. enter a gate
2. become a student, pupil, disciple, or apprentice of a teacher
3. begin studying a subject or begin learning a skill

Conjugation

Conjugation of "入門する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	入門し	にゅうもんし	nyūmon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	入門し	にゅうもんし	nyūmon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	入門する	にゅうもんする	nyūmon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	入門する	にゅうもんする	nyūmon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	入門すれ	にゅうもんすれ	nyūmon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	入門せよ¹ 入門しろ²	にゅうもんせよ¹ にゅうもんしろ²	nyūmon seyo¹ nyūmon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	入門される	にゅうもんされる	nyūmon sareru
Causative	入門させる 入門さす	にゅうもんさせる にゅうもんさす	nyūmon saseru nyūmon sasu
Potential	入門できる	にゅうもんできる	nyūmon dekiru
Volitional	入門しよう	にゅうもんしよう	nyūmon shiyō
Negative	入門しない	にゅうもんしない	nyūmon shinai
Negative continuative	入門せず	にゅうもんせず	nyūmon sezu
Formal	入門します	にゅうもんします	nyūmon shimasu
Perfective	入門した	にゅうもんした	nyūmon shita
Conjunctive	入門して	にゅうもんして	nyūmon shite
Hypothetical conditional	入門すれば	にゅうもんすれば	nyūmon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative