法門

See also: 法门

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	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. (法門)		法	門
simp. (法门)		法	门

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपर्याय (dharmaparyāya), comprised of धर्म (dharma, “dharma”) +‎ पर्याय (paryāya, “method”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎmén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ mun⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fap-mùn

(Hailu, HRS): fab mun
Eastern Min (BUC): huák-muòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁶ mong² / hah⁶ muong²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-mn̂g / hoat-bûn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-men

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmén
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-mên²
  - Yale: fǎ-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamen
  - Palladius: фамэнь (famɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ mun⁴
  - Yale: faat mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fab^ˋ mun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /fap̚² mun¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fab mun
  - Sinological IPA: /fap⁵⁻² mun⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-muòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ muoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ mong² [Phonetic: hah⁷ mong²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hah-meóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ mɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ muong² [Phonetic: hah⁷ muong²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁻⁴ muoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: huat-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatmngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷faq-men
  - MiniDict: fah^入 men
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-men
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ mən⁴⁴/

Noun

法門

(Buddhism) gateway for entry into the dharma

Derived terms

不二法門 / 不二法门 (bù'èrfǎmén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法門):

→ Japanese: 法門(ほうもん) (hōmon)
→ Korean: 법문(法門) (beommun)
→ Vietnamese: pháp môn (法門)

Proper noun

法門

(～鎮) Famen (a town in Fufeng, Baoji, Shaanxi, China)

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Descendants

Further reading

Proper noun