旁門

Chinese

		beside; one side; other beside; one side; other; side; self	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. (旁門)		旁	門
simp. (旁门)		旁	门
alternative forms		傍門／傍门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángmén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-mên²
    • Yale: páng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngmen
    • Palladius: панмэнь (panmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángménr
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: páng-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngmel
    • Palladius: панмэньр (panmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: pòhng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: pông-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pongbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/

Noun

旁門

1. side door
2. (figurative) improper means

Synonyms

• (side door):

• 偏門／偏门 (piānmén)
• 側門／侧门 (cèmén)
• 橫門／横门 (waang⁴ mun^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 邊門／边门 (biānmén)

 

Derived terms

• 不走旁門／不走旁门
• 左道旁門／左道旁门
• 旁門左道／旁门左道 (pángménzuǒdào)