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Chinese
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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 |
door sill; threshold; bar door sill; threshold; bar; railing |
| trad. (門檻)
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門
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檻
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| simp. (门槛)
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门
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槛
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| alternative forms
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門坎／门坎
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| anagram
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檻門／槛门
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
門檻
- (literal) doorstep; sill; threshold
- (figurative) requirement; threshold; entry barrier
- 准入門檻／准入门槛 ― zhǔnrù ménkǎn ― barrier to entry; access threshold
Synonyms
- 戶填／户填 (Hokkien)
- 戶限／户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
- 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
- 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
- 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
- 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
- 檻／槛 (kǎn)
- 轔／辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
- 門地伏／门地伏 (mon3 i5 fuuk4) (Taishanese)
- 門墊／门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
- 門岸／门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 門限／门限 (ménxiàn)
- 門階／门阶 (ménjiē)
- 閫／阃 (kǔn) (literary)
- 閾／阈 (yù) (literary)
- 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English monkey according to folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
門檻 (Wu)
- skill of considering how much one gains and loses
Derived terms