北門
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See also: 北门
Chinese
| north | 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. (北門) | 北 | 門 | |
| simp. (北门) | 北 | 门 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: běimén
- Wade–Giles: pei3-mên2
- Yale: běi-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeimen
- Palladius: бэймэнь (bɛjmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bak1 mun4
- Yale: bāk mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bak7 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: beg1 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐk̚⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-mùn
- Hakka Romanization System: bedˋ munˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bed5 mun2
- Sinological IPA: /pet̚² mun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
北門
- (archaic) north gate of a walled city
Derived terms
Proper noun
北門
- (～區) Beimen (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
- (～社區, formerly ～村) Beimen (a residential community of Dadeng, Xiang'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, China, formerly a village)
- (～村) Beimen (a village in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
- Northgate (a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States)