門跤口
Chinese
| doorway; entrance | mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (門跤口) | 門跤 | 口 | |
| simp. (门跤口) | 门跤 | 口 | |
| alternative forms | 門骹口／门骹口 門腳口／门脚口 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-kha-kháu
- Tâi-lô: mn̂g-kha-kháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: mngqa'qao
- IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Singapore): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁴²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-kha-kháu
- Tâi-lô: muî-kha-kháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: mui'qa'qao
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: meng5 ka1 kao2 / mung5 ka1 kao2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mṳ̂ng kha kháu / mûng kha kháu
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰa³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/, /muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰa³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Note: meng5 ka1 kao2 - Jieyang.
Noun
門跤口
- (Southern Min) doorway; entrance; gate (Classifier: 個／个 mn)
- 2002 October 18, 大潮声[1]:
- 無相干，無相干，請汝食麵就請汝食麵。來到門跤口，我大大碗請汝。 [Teochew, trad.]
- bho5 siang1 gang1, bho5 siang1 gang1, cian2 le2 ziah8 mi7 ziu7 cian2 le2 ziah8 mi7. lai5 gao3 mung5 ka1 kao2, ua2 dua7 dua7 uan2 cian2 le2. [Peng'im]
- No matter, no matter. I will treat you to noodles. When you come to the door, I will treat you to a large bowl.
无相干，无相干，请汝食面就请汝食面。来到门跤口，我大大碗请汝。 [Teochew, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 門口 (“doorway; entrance”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 門口 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 門口 |
| Singapore | 門口 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 門口 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 門口, 門口兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 門口 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 門口 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 門口 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 門口 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 門口 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 門口 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 門口 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 門口 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 門口 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 門口 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 門跤口, 門喙口 |
| Quanzhou | 門跤口, 門喙口 | |
| Zhangzhou | 門跤口, 門喙口 | |
| Tainan | 門跤口 | |
| Jieyang | 門跤, 門跤口 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 門喙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 門口 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 門口, 門口頭 |
| Hangzhou | 門口頭 | |
| Ningbo | 門口, 門口頭 | |
| Wenzhou | 門口頭兒 | |
| Jinhua | 門口, 門口頭 | |
References
- “門跤口”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.