門聯

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Chinese

		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	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (門聯)		門	聯
simp. (门联)		门	联

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménlián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ lyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-liân / mûi-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménlián
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-lien²
  - Yale: mén-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menlian
  - Palladius: мэньлянь (mɛnʹljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    門簾 / 门帘
    門聯 / 门联
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ lyun⁴
  - Yale: mùhn lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ lyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ lün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ lyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-liân
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mnglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-liân
  - Tâi-lô: muî-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/

Noun

門聯

scrolls pasted on either side of the door forming a couplet; gatepost couplet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 春聯 (“Spring Festival couplet”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		春聯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	春聯
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	春聯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	春聯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揮春
	Hong Kong	揮春
	Dongguan	揮春
Hakka	Meixian	春聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	春聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	春聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	春聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	春聯
Southern Min	Xiamen	春聯, 門聯
	Quanzhou	春聯, 門對
	Zhangzhou	春聯
	Shantou	春聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揮春

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