釋門

Chinese

		explain; to release	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. (釋門)		釋	門
simp. (释门)		释	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhmén
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-mên²
    • Yale: shr̀-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhmen
    • Palladius: шимэнь (šimɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mən³⁵/

Noun

釋門

1. Buddhism
2. person who has left home to become a monk or nun

Synonyms

• (Buddhism):

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• 佛教 (Fójiào)
• 佛門 / 佛门 (fómén)
• 禪門 / 禅门 (chánmén)
• 象教 (xiàngjiào)
• 釋家 / 释家 (shìjiā) (archaic)
• 釋教 / 释教 (shìjiào) (archaic)