門尪

Chinese

		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	feeble; lame
trad. (門尪)		門	尪
simp. (门尪)		门	尪

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-ang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-ang
    • Tâi-lô: muî-ang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'afng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² aŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

門尪

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Chinese folk religion) door god (Chinese deity thought to protect against from evil spirits)

Synonyms

• 門神／门神 (ménshén)
• (Hokkien) 戶尉／户尉