道門

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	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. (道門)		道	門
simp. (道门)		道	门
anagram		門道／门道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàomén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàomén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàomén
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-mên²
  - Yale: dàu-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawmen
  - Palladius: даомэнь (daomɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàoménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàoménr
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: dàu-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawmel
  - Palladius: даомэньр (daomɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/

Note: "dàoménr" - “superstitious cults”.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Yale: douh mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² muːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: tō-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ bun²⁴/

Note: “superstitious cults”.

Noun

道門

Taoist school; Taoism
(Mainland China, dated) superstitious cults

Synonyms

枕木 (zhěnmù)

Derived terms

會道門兒 / 会道门儿