國門

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Chinese

country; state; nation
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. (國門) 國 門
simp. (国门) 国 门
紅其拉甫口岸的國門(1)屹立在中國和巴基斯坦之間的邊界

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 國 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 德 (132) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古或切 莫奔切
Baxter kwok mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwək̚/ /muən/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷək̚/ /muon/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuək̚/ /muən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwək̚/ /mwən/
Li
Rong 		/kuək̚/ /muən/
Wang
Li 		/kuək̚/ /muən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwək̚/ /muən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guo mén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwak1 mun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 國 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guó mén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwok › ‹ mwon ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁək/ /*mˁə/
English state (n.) gate, door

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 國 門
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5547 8960
Phonetic
component 		或 門
Rime
group 		職 文
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		國 門
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷɯːɡ/ /*mɯːn/

Noun

國門

  1. (literal, figurative) entry into a country via its border
    禦敵於國門之外／御敌于国门之外  ―  yùdí yú guómén zhī wài  ―  to keep the enemy out of the country border
  2. (Classical) gate of a capital

Synonyms

  • (entry into a country via its border): 國境／国境 (guójìng)

Proper noun

國門

  1. (～社區) Guomen (a residential community of Mengmao, Ruili, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan, China, actually governed by Jiegao Border Trade Zone)
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