門臉

Chinese

		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	face
trad. (門臉)		門	臉
simp. (门脸)		门	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-lien³
    • Yale: mén-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menlean
    • Palladius: мэньлянь (mɛnʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménliǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménliǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-lien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: mén-lyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menleal
    • Palladius: мэньляньр (mɛnʹljanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ li̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

門臉

1. (regional) vicinity of a city gate
2. (colloquial) façade of a shop; shopfront
3. (colloquial) shop; store (establishment that sells goods) (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 c)

Synonyms

• (shop):

• 商店 (shāngdiàn)
• 商鋪／商铺 (shāngpù)
• 店 (diàn)
• 店鋪／店铺 (diànpù)
• 肆 (sì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 買賣／买卖 (mǎimài)
• 鋪子／铺子 (pùzi)
• 門店／门店 (méndiàn)