門跤口

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	bones of leg; wrestle	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (門跤口)		門	跤	口
simp. (门跤口)		门	跤	口
alternative forms		門骹口／门骹口 門腳口／门脚口

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-kha-kháu / mûi-kha-kháu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): meng⁵ ka¹ kao²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-kha-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-kha-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngqa'qao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-kha-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: muî-kha-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'qa'qao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: meng⁵ ka¹ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mṳ̂ng kha kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰa³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/

Note: meng5 ka1 kao2 - Jieyang.

Noun

門跤口

1. (Southern Min) doorway; entrance; gate (Classifier: 個／个 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 門口 (“doorway; entrance”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		門口
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	門口
	Singapore	門口
Cantonese	Hong Kong	門口
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	門口
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	門口
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	門口
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	門口
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	門口
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	門口
Southern Min	Xiamen	門跤口, 門喙口
	Quanzhou	門跤口, 門喙口
	Zhangzhou	門跤口, 門喙口
	Tainan	門跤口
	Jieyang	門跤, 門跤口
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	門喙

References

• “Entry #4643”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.