門臼

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	mortar
trad. (門臼)		門	臼
simp. (门臼)		门	臼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ kau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-khǔ / mn̂g-khū / mûi-khū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-chiu⁴
    • Yale: mén-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menjiow
    • Palladius: мэньцзю (mɛnʹczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ kau⁵
    • Yale: mùhn káuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ kau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ keo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ kʰɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-khǔ
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-khǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-khū
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngqu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-khū
    • Tâi-lô: muî-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'qu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² kʰu²²/

Noun

門臼

1. socket for gate or doorpost
2. (dialect, Southern Min) gate or door pier; wooden or stone block supporting the pivot of the door

Synonyms

• (wooden or stone block): 門墩／门墩 (méndūn), (Hokkien) 門戶臼／门户臼