山門

See also: 山门

Chinese

		mountain(s) hill(s)	gate(s)
trad. (山門)		山	門
simp. (山门)		山	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānmén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shānmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shanmén
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-mên²
  - Yale: shān-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanmen
  - Palladius: шаньмэнь (šanʹmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

山門

(Buddhism, Taoism) main temple gate
(Buddhism, Taoism, literary, metonomy) synonym of 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào), temple or monastery
(literary, metonomy) synonym of 佛教 (Fójiào), Buddhism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	門
さん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんもん [sàńmóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sã̠mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

山(さん)門(もん) • (sanmon)

main temple gate
Synonyms: 三門 (sanmon), 寺門 (jimon)
a mountain temple

Proper noun

山(さん)門(もん) • (Sanmon)

A name for Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei (see the Jimon-Sanmon schism)