天安門

See also: 天安门

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	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. (天安門)		天	安	門
simp. (天安门)		天	安	门

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiān'ānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ on¹ mun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ on¹ mon³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thiên-ôn-mùn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Thian-an-mn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ ang¹ mung⁵ / tiêng¹ ang¹ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiān'ānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tian-anmén
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-an¹-mên²
    • Yale: Tyān-ān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiananmen
    • Palladius: Тяньаньмэнь (Tjanʹanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: tīn ōn mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hen¹ on¹ mon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ ᵘɔn³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thiên-ôn-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ on´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ on¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-an-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: Thian-an-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tien'anmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ an³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ ang¹ mung⁵ / tiêng¹ ang¹ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang ang mûng / thieng ang mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天安門

1. Tian'anmen, Tiananmen, Gate of Heavenly Peace (a gate in Beijing, China)
2. Short for 天安門廣場／天安门广场 (Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng, “Tiananmen Square”).

Noun

天安門

1. (Mainland China, humorous, slang) fly (strip of material at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, etc.)

Synonyms

• 拉鏈／拉链 (lāliàn)
• 褲子的拉鏈／裤子的拉链 (kùzi de lāliàn)
• 褲鏈／裤链 (fu³ lin^6-2) (Cantonese)
• 褲門／裤门 (kùmén) (slang)

 

Derived terms

• 天安門廣場／天安门广场 (Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天安門):

• → Japanese: 天安門(てんあんもん) (Ten'anmon)
• → Korean: 천안문(天安門) (Cheonanmun)
• → Vietnamese: Thiên An Môn (天安門)

Others:

• → English: Tian'anmen, Tiananmen, Tienanmen, T’ien-an Men

See also

• 地安門／地安门 (Dì'ānmén)
• 東安門／东安门
• 西安門／西安门

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	安	門
てん Grade: 1	あん Grade: 3	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ã̠mːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

天(てん)安(あん)門(もん) • (Ten'anmon) 

1. Tian'anmen

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	安	門

Proper noun

天安門 • (Cheonanmun) (hangeul 천안문)

1. Hanja form^? of 천안문 (“Tian'anmen”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	安	門

Proper noun

天安門

1. chữ Hán form of Thiên An Môn (“Tian'anmen”).