玉門

See also: 玉门

Chinese

		jade	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. (玉門)		玉	門
simp. (玉门)		玉	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùmén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùmén
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-mên²
  - Yale: yù-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhmen
  - Palladius: юймэнь (jujmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ mun⁴
  - Yale: yuhk mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² muːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngjowk mwon

Rime
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	魚欲切	莫奔切
Baxter	ngjowk	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/muən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶	mun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)ok mˤə[r]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋoɡ mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjowk ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?)	/*mˁə[r]/
English	jade	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15971	8960
Phonetic component	玉	門
Rime group	屋	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	玉	門
Old Chinese	/*ŋoɡ/	/*mɯːn/

Noun

玉門

(Classical, literal) door decorated with jade
(Classical, figurative) palace
(Classical, figurative) vulva

Synonyms

(palace):

城闕 / 城阙 (chéngquè) (literary)
宮殿 / 宫殿 (gōngdiàn)
宮闕 / 宫阙 (gōngquè) (literary)

(vulva): 外陰／外阴 (wàiyīn)

Proper noun

玉門

(～市) Yumen (a county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
(～關) Yumen Pass (pass in Gansu province, China)

Derived terms

玉門甘肅鳥 / 玉门甘肃鸟 (Yùmén gānsùniǎo)
玉門關 / 玉门关 (Yùmén Guān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉門):

→ Japanese: 玉(ぎょく)門(もん) (gyokumon)
→ Korean: 옥문(玉門) (ongmun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	門
ぎょく Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (gyokumon)

beautifully decorated gate
(euphemistic) female genitalia
Synonym: 女陰 (jo'in)

Proper noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (Gyokumon)

Yumen (a city in Gansu, China)