沙門
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shāmén
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shamén
- Wade–Giles: sha1-mên2
- Yale: shā-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamen
- Palladius: шамэнь (šamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saa1 mun4
- Yale: sā mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: saa1 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: sa1 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-mn̂g
- Tâi-lô: sua-mn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: soamngg
- IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: srae mwon
Etymology 1
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (沙門) | 沙 | 門 | |
| simp. (沙门) | 沙 | 门 | |
Possibly from Tocharian, likely the Tocharian A ṣāmaṃ (Ji, 1998v12). Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa), possibly via Gandhari 𐨮𐨨𐨣 (ṣamana /ʂəmənə/) (see Karashima, 2010).
Noun
沙門
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar |
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. (沙門) | 沙 | 門 | |
| simp. (沙门) | 沙 | 门 | |
Proper noun
沙門
- (archaic) former name of the Changshan Archipelago between the Shandong and Liaoning peninsulas in northeastern China
Synonyms
Middle Korean
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 沙門 (MC srae mwon).
Pronunciation
- (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽sàmùn⫽
- Dongguk Jeongun: [상몬]
Noun
沙門 (SÀ.MWÙN)