海門

See also: 海门

Chinese

		ocean; sea	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. (海門)		海	門
simp. (海门)		海	门

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎimén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² mun⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hái-mn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎimén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎimén
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-mên²
    • Yale: hǎi-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haemen
    • Palladius: хаймэнь (xajmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² mun⁴
    • Yale: hói mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: hái-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haymngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

海門

1. mouth of a river, where the river enters a sea
2. (Danyang Wu) fontanelle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 囟門 (“fontanelle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		囟門, 囟腦門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	囟門
	Harbin	頭囟兒, 頭囟子, 腦囟子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	囟門兒, 頭囟子, 頭囟兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	囟門
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	囟門兒
	Wanrong	囟門子
	Xi'an	囟門, 囟門子
	Xining	囟門, 性命口兒
	Xuzhou	囟門子, 囟子, 頭囟子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	囟門子
	Ürümqi	囟門子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	腦眉心, 腦門心
	Wuhan	頂門心
	Guiyang	囟門
	Liuzhou	囟門, 囟明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	囟門子
	Yangzhou	囟門子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	腦囟
	Hong Kong	腦囟
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	腦囟
	Macau	腦囟
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	腦囟
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	腦囟
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	腦囟
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	腦囟
	Foshan	腦囟
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	腦囟
	Foshan (Shunde)	腦囟
	Foshan (Sanshui)	腦囟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	腦囟
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	腦囟
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	腦囟
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	腦敏
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	腦敏
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	腦門口
	Taishan	腦門
	Kaiping (Chikan)	腦門口
	Dongguan	腦殼囟
Gan	Nanchang	囟門, 囟門子
	Lichuan	囟面
	Pingxiang	眉囟
Hakka	Meixian	腦囟隔, 腦囟
	Huidong (Daling)	腦囟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	腦囟
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	頭那身
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	腦浸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	腦囟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	腦子溝
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	腦囟
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	腦囟
	Changting	腦俊
	Wuping	腦葉
	Yudu	腦心子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	腦心子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	腦囟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	腦囟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	腦囟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	腦囟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	腦囟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腦囟
Huizhou	Jixi	囟囟
Jin	Taiyuan	囟門子, 頂門心
	Xinzhou	囟門子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭囟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	檻囟, 檻門囟
Southern Min	Xiamen	囟會, 囟號
	Quanzhou	囟會
	Zhangzhou	囟會, 囟號
	Taipei	囟會, 囟仔, 囟號
	Kaohsiung	囟會, 囟仔, 囟號
	Chaozhou	額囟
	Shantou	額囟
	Shantou (Chenghai)	額囟
	Jieyang	額囟
	Haikou	囟門, 囟水
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	腦囟
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	囟門頭, 塞門
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	囟門
	Danyang	海門, 腦門
	Hangzhou	囟門兒
Xiang	Changsha	囟門子, 氣門子, 氣門
	Hengyang	氣門心

Proper noun

海門

1. (～區, formerly ～市, ～縣) Haimen (a district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
2. (～鎮) Haimen (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	門
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
海門 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

From Chinese 海门 (hǎimén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠imõ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠imẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

海門(かいもん) or 海門(ハイメン) • (Kaimon or Haimen) 

1. Haimen (a city in Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

Compound of 海(かい) (kai, “sea”) + 門(もん) (mon, “gate”), calque of English Seagate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠imõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

海門(かいもん) • (Kaimon) 

1. (Internet slang) Seagate Technology