關門

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	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. (關門)		關	門
simp. (关门)		关	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan¹ men²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ mun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kôan-mùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): guan¹ mun²

• Northern Min (KCR): guíng-mông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koaiⁿ-mn̂g / kuiⁿ-mn̂g / koaⁿ-mûi / koaiⁿ-mûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guên¹ meng⁵ / guên¹ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanmén
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mên²
    • Yale: gwān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmen
    • Palladius: гуаньмэнь (guanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanménr
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwān-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmel
    • Palladius: гуаньмэньр (guanʹmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guan¹ men²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guanmen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan⁵⁵ mən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: gwāan mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴ mun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guan¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mun¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guíng-mông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuiŋ⁵⁴ mɔŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaiⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kuainn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaimngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuãi⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /kuãi⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuãi⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong, Lukang, Sanxia, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kuinn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuimngg
    • IPA (Kinmen, Singapore): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kuĩ³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoamuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaiⁿ-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: kuainn-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaimuii
    • IPA (Yilan): /kuãi⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kuãi³³⁻²¹ mui²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guên¹ meng⁵ / guên¹ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kueⁿ mṳ̂ng / kueⁿ mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũẽ³³⁻²³ mɯŋ⁵⁵/, /kũẽ³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/

Note: guên1 mung5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: kwaen mwon

Rime
Character	關	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古還切	莫奔切
Baxter	kwaen	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuan/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚan/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐn/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨn/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/kuan/	/muən/
Wang Li	/kwan/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwan/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤro[n]  mˤə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːn  mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	關	門
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæn ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁro[n]/	/*mˁə[r]/
English	barrier	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	關	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8640	8960
Phonetic component	卵	門
Rime group	元	文
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	關	門
Old Chinese	/*kroːn/	/*mɯːn/

Verb

關⫽門 (verb-object)

1. to close the door

   隨手關門。／随手关门。  ―  Suíshǒu guānmén.  ―  Close the door behind you.

2. (figurative) to close for business (for the day or permanently); to close down

   政府關門／政府关门  ―  zhèngfǔ guānmén  ―  government shutdown

3. (figurative) to close the door on; to leave no room for negotiation

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 關門 (“to close the door”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關門, 閉門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	關門
	Singapore	關門
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	關門兒
	Xining	關門
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	關門
	Guiyang	關門
	Liuzhou	關門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閂門
	Hong Kong	閂門
	Taishan	閂門
	Dongguan	閂門
Gan	Lichuan	關門
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	閂門
Huizhou	Jixi	關門
Jin	Taiyuan	關門
Northern Min	Jian'ou	關門
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關門
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	關門
	Manila (Hokkien)	關門
	Singapore (Teochew)	關門
	Singapore (Hainanese)	關門
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	關門
Wu	Shanghai	關門
	Danyang	關門
	Ningbo	關門
	Jinhua	關門
Xiang	Loudi	關門

Antonyms

• 開門／开门 (kāimén)

Derived terms

• 賊去關門／贼去关门
• 關門主義／关门主义 (guānmén zhǔyì)
• 關門大吉／关门大吉 (guānméndàjí)
• 關門捉賊／关门捉贼 (guānménzhuōzéi)
• 關門狀／关门状
• 關門落鎖／关门落锁
• 關門落閂／关门落闩
• 關門閉戶／关门闭户

 

Adjective

關門

1. (figurative, attributive) final; last (disciple, piece of work, etc.)

Derived terms

• 關門弟子／关门弟子

 

Noun

關門

1. gateway
2. kidney

Korean

Hanja in this term
關	門

Noun

關門 • (gwanmun) (hangeul 관문)

1. hanja form^? of 관문 (“gate”)