衙門
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See also: 衙门
Chinese
| office; yamen | 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 | ||
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| trad. (衙門) | 衙 | 門 | |
| simp. (衙门) | 衙 | 门 | |
| alternative forms | 牙門／牙门 | ||
Etymology
Originally written as 牙門／牙门 (yámén). See 衙 (yá) for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa4 mun4-2 / ngaa4 mun4
- Gan (Wiktionary): nga4 miin
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ngà-muòng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor2 muei2 / gor2 mui2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yámen
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáme̊n
- Wade–Giles: ya2-mên5
- Yale: yá-men
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.men
- Palladius: ямэнь (jamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ mən³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yámén
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yámén
- Wade–Giles: ya2-mên2
- Yale: yá-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yamen
- Palladius: ямэнь (jamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ямын (i͡amɨn, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ia²⁴ məŋ⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaa4 mun4-2 / ngaa4 mun4
- Yale: ngàh mún / ngàh mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa4 mun4-2 / ngaa4 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: nga4 mun4-2 / nga4 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaː²¹ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/, /ŋaː²¹ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: nga4 miin
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋa³⁵ mɨn²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà-mùn
- Hakka Romanization System: ngaˇ munˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: nga2 mun2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ mun¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: nga mun
- Sinological IPA: /ŋa⁵⁵ mun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ngà-muòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋa⁵³⁻³³ muoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor2 muei2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gó̤-mói
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ¹³⁻¹¹ muei¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor2 mui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ²⁴⁻²¹ mui²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-mûi
- Tâi-lô: gêe-muî
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² muĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâ-bûn
- Tâi-lô: gâ-bûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: ga'buun
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ghê5 meng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gê mṳ̂ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mɯŋ⁵⁵/
- Middle Chinese: ngae mwon
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraː mɯːn/
Noun
衙門
- (historical) yamen
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- 其男一律好司管理各衙門事件額設大小官四百二十六員。一吧哩滿衙門額設官二員。一加蜜列岡色爾衙門辦事十二員。一占色利衙門審理案件額設大小官十四員。
- Qí nán yīlǜ hǎosī guǎnlǐ gè yámén shìjiàn éshè dàxiǎoguān sìbǎi'èrshíliù yuán. Yī Balimǎn yámén éshè guān èr yuán. Yī Jiāmìliè Gāngsè'ěr yámén bànshì shí'èr yuán. Yī Zhànsèlì yámén shěnlǐ ànjiàn éshè dàxiǎoguān shísì yuán.
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其男一律好司管理各衙门事件额设大小官四百二十六员。一吧哩满衙门额设官二员。一加蜜列冈色尔衙门办事十二员。一占色利衙门审理案件额设大小官十四员。
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- (Dungan) office; bureau