閉門

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Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	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. (閉門)		閉	門
simp. (闭门)		闭	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìmén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìmén
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²
  - Yale: bì-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmen
  - Palladius: бимэнь (bimɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    篳門 / 筚门
    閉門 / 闭门
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴
  - Yale: bai mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piemngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

閉⫽門 (verb-object)

(literally) to close the door
(figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Synonyms

(to close the door): (literary) 杜門／杜门 (dùmén)

Dialectal synonyms of 關門 (“to close the door”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關門, 閉門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	關門
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	關門
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	關門兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	關門
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	關門
	Guiyang	關門
	Liuzhou	關門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閂門
	Hong Kong	閂門
	Taishan	閂門
	Dongguan	閂門
Gan	Lichuan	關門
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	閂門
Huizhou	Jixi	關門
Jin	Taiyuan	關門
Northern Min	Jian'ou	關門
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關門
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	關門
	Manila (Hokkien)	關門
	Singapore (Teochew)	關門
	Singapore (Hainanese)	關門
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	關門
Wu	Shanghai	關門
	Danyang	關門
	Ningbo	關門
	Jinhua	關門
Xiang	Loudi	關門

(to seclude oneself):

屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
幽棲 / 幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
杜門 / 杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
臥 / 卧 (wò) (literary)
臥雲 / 卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
避世 (bìshì)
隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

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