天門

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	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. (天門)		天	門
simp. (天门)		天	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-mùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-muòng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹thi-men

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianmén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-mên²
    • Yale: tyān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianmen
    • Palladius: тяньмэнь (tjanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: tīn mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-muòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-men
    • MiniDict: thi^平 men
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ mən²¹/

Noun

天門

1. (Chinese mythology) gate to the Heavenly Palace
2. (historical) gate to the imperial palace
3. (anatomy) centre of the forehead
4. Short for 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng, “Chinese asparagus”).

Synonyms

• (gate to the Heavenly Palace): 閶闔／阊阖 (chānghé)

Derived terms

• 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng)

 

Proper noun

天門

1. (～市) Tianmen (a sub-prefectural city in Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Tianmen, T'ien-men, Tienmen