青瑣門

See also: 青琐门

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	fragmentary; trifling	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. (青瑣門)		青	瑣	門
simp. (青琐门)		青	琐	门

Etymology

青 ("green") + 瑣 ("chain link") + 門 ("gate")

The name of one of the gates to the southern palace (南宮), which was located in Luoyang during the Han Dynasty. It derived its name from the fact that the top of the gate was decorated with swirl patterns (resembling the links of a chain), and the gate was painted green.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīngsuǒ Mén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīngsuǒ Mén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cingsuǒ Mén
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-so³ Mên²
    • Yale: Chīng-swǒ Mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingsuoo Men
    • Palladius: Цинсо Мэнь (Cinso Mɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

青瑣門

1. (archaic) Qingsuo Gate

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3, page 43, note 15 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN