門宦
Chinese
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 |
an official | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (門宦) | 門 | 宦 | |
| simp. (门宦) | 门 | 宦 | |
Etymology
Maybe from 門閥 / 门阀 (ménfá, “school; faction; clique”) or from 門戶 / 门户 (ménhù, “sect; faction; school”). First attested in the late 19th century.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ménhuàn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ménhuàn
- Wade–Giles: mên2-huan4
- Yale: mén-hwàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menhuann
- Palladius: мэньхуань (mɛnʹxuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mən³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
門宦
Synonyms
- 塔里卡