自立門戶

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	set up; to stand	door; gateway; important passageway
trad. (自立門戶)		自	立	門戶
simp. (自立门户)		自	立	门户

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìlìménhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ laap⁶ mun⁴ wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìlìménhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhlìménhù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-li⁴-mên²-hu⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-lì-mén-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhlihmenhuh
    • Palladius: цзылимэньху (czylimɛnʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ mən³⁵ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ laap⁶ mun⁴ wu⁶
    • Yale: jih laahp mùhn wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ laap⁹ mun⁴ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ lab⁶ mun⁴ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² laːp̚² muːn²¹ wuː²²/

Idiom

自立門戶

1. to establish one's own group, school of thought, business, etc.; to strike out on one's own