過門

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	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. (過門)		過	門
simp. (过门)		过	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-mn̂g / kèr-mn̂g / kòe-mûi / kòe-mn̂g
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵ku ⁶men; ⁵ku-men / ⁵kou ²men; ³kou₅-men₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòmén
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-mên²
    • Yale: gwò-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohmen
    • Palladius: гомэнь (gomɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ mun⁴
    • Yale: gwo mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: go mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kè-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keamngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-mn̂g
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeamuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeamngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ku ⁶men; ⁵ku-men
    • MiniDict: ku^去 men^去; ku^去 men
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku ³men; ²ku-men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁴⁴  mən²³/, /ku³³ mən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kou ²men; ³kou₅-men₂
    • MiniDict: kou^去 men^平; kou^去 men^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kəu⁵¹  mən²²³/, /kəu⁵² mən¹¹/

Verb

過門

1. (of a woman) to get married (into the husband's house)
2. (Northern Wu, figurative) to let pass; to allow to happen; to get off someone's case

   • 我失去仔親人末真傷心，搿點親眷朋友勿吃酒水末勿過門 [Suzhounese, trad.]
     我失去仔亲人末真伤心，搿点亲眷朋友勿吃酒水末勿过门 [Suzhounese, simp.]

     From: 1983, 小小得月樓 "The Little Moonshadow Tower"

     ⁶ngou ⁷seq-chiu₅-tsy₃ ¹tshin-gnin₂-meq₈ ¹tsen ¹saon-sin₁ ⁸geq-ti₅ ¹tshin-cioe₅ ²ban-yeu₆ ⁷feq-chiq₇ ³tseu-syu₃-meq₈ ⁷feq-kou₅ ²men [Wugniu]

     So mournful I am having lost my family; this bunch of relatives and friends won't do without having a feast.

Synonyms

• (to get married): 出嫁 (chūjià)

Noun

過門

1. (musical) interlude; transition
2. (Suzhounese, figurative) trick; knack; wit; know-how; way to get through a problem