道門

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	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. (道門)		道	門
simp. (道门)		道	门
anagram		門道／门道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàomén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàomén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàomén
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-mên²
    • Yale: dàu-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawmen
    • Palladius: даомэнь (daomɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoménr
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dàu-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawmel
    • Palladius: даомэньр (daomɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/

Note: "dàoménr" - “superstitious cults”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: douh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: tō-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ bun²⁴/

Note: “superstitious cults”.

Noun

道門

1. Taoist school; Taoism
2. (Mainland China, dated) superstitious cults

Synonyms

• 枕木 (zhěnmù)

Derived terms

• 會道門兒 / 会道门儿