閂門

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See also: 闩门

Chinese

to bolt
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. (閂門) 閂 門
simp. (闩门) 闩 门
anagram 門閂／门闩

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

閂⫽門 (verb-object)

  1. to latch the door; to bolt the door
  2. (Cantonese) to close the door
  3. (Cantonese) to close shop; to close for business; to close for the night
  4. (Cantonese) to close down; to go bankrupt
Synonyms
  • (to close the door):
Dialectal synonyms of 關門 (“to close the door”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 關門, 閉門
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 關門
Singapore 關門
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 關門兒
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
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

閂⫽門 (verb-object)

  1. (Hokkien) to latch the door; to bolt the door; to lock the door

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