西門

See also: 西门

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	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. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: simén
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
    • Palladius: симэнь (simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

西門

1. (literary) west gate of a walled city

Coordinate terms

• 東門／东门 (dōngmén)
• 南門／南门 (nánmén)
• 北門／北门 (běimén)

Derived terms

• 西門町／西门町 (Xīméndīng)

 

Proper noun

西門

1. a surname

   西門慶／西门庆  ―  Xīmén Qìng  ―  Ximen Qing (character in the novels Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-muòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: Syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
    • Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-muòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Proper noun

西門

1. (Protestantism or secular) Simon

Synonyms

Terms for Simon in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	西門
Roman Catholic	西滿
Eastern Orthodox	西蒙
Church of the East	岑穩

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: Syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
    • Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Proper noun

西門

1. A transliteration of the German surname Siemens