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 (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lan-men

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, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lan-men
  - MiniDict: lan^去 men
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lan-men
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lã²² mən⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /lã²³ mən¹¹/

Adjective

冷門

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

Antonyms

熱門／热门 (rèmén)

Noun

冷門

unexpected winner; dark horse

Derived terms

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