門戶

See also: 门户

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	a household; door; family
trad. (門戶)		門	戶
simp. (门户)		门	户

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménhù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ wu⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): muòng-hô
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-hō͘ / mn̂g-hǒ͘ / mûi-hō͘ / bûn-hō͘ / bûn-hǒ͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶men-wu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménhù
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-hu⁴
  - Yale: mén-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menhuh
  - Palladius: мэньху (mɛnʹxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ xu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménhùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménhùr
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-hu⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: mén-hùr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menhull
  - Palladius: мэньхур (mɛnʹxur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ xuɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ wu⁶
  - Yale: mùhn wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ wuː²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muòng-hô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋou²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngho
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: muî-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mui'ho
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunho
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶men-wu
  - MiniDict: men^去 wu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³men-hhu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mən²² ɦu⁴⁴/

Noun

門戶

door
(figurative) gateway; important passageway
(figurative) social status of one's family
- 可憐光彩生門戶 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  可怜光彩生门户 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  kělián guāngcǎi shēng ménhù [Pinyin]
  This enviable splendour breathed new life into their family status.
(figurative) faction; sect
(computing) portal

Synonyms

(social status of one's family):

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人地 (réndì) (literary)
門地 / 门地 (méndì)
門楣 / 门楣 (ménméi)
門第 / 门第 (méndì)
門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)

(faction):

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學派 / 学派 (xuépài)
派別 / 派别 (pàibié)
流派 (liúpài)

Derived terms