邪門

Chinese

		daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	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. (邪門)		邪	門
simp. (邪门)		邪	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiémén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiémén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siémén
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mên²
  - Yale: syé-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemen
  - Palladius: семэнь (semɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiéménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siéménr
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: syé-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemel
  - Palladius: семэньр (semɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce⁴ mun⁴
  - Yale: chèh mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ muːn²¹/

Noun

邪門

(literary) evil ways; dishonest practices

Derived terms

邪門歪道 / 邪门歪道 (xiéménwāidào)

Adjective

邪門

(colloquial) odd; strange; unusual