門第

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See also: 门第

Chinese

Etymology 1

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
 
(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
trad. (門第)
simp. (门第)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (7)
Final () (55) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter mwon dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muən/ /deiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/muon/ /deiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/muən/ /dɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwən/ /dɛjH/
Li
Rong
/muən/ /deiH/
Wang
Li
/muən/ /dieiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muən/ /dʱieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mun4 dai6

Noun

門第

  1. social status of one's family
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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
 
phonetic
trad. (門第)
simp. (门第)

Compare Quanzhou Hokkien 門填门填 (mn̂g-tǔiⁿ).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • mung5 doin6 - Shantou;
  • meng5 dain6 - Jieyang.

    Noun

    門第

    1. (Teochew) threshold; doorsill
    Synonyms