天門
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | 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. (天門) | 天 | 門 | |
| simp. (天门) | 天 | 门 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 mun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-mùn
- Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-muòng
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi-men
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmén
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianmén
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-mên2
- Yale: tyān-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianmen
- Palladius: тяньмэнь (tjanʹmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 mun4
- Yale: tīn mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-mùn
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ munˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 mun2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ mun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Wu
Noun
天門
- (Chinese mythology) gate to the Heavenly Palace
- (historical) gate to the imperial palace
- (anatomy) centre of the forehead
- short for 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng, “Chinese asparagus”)
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Proper noun
天門
- (～市) Tianmen (a sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China)