名門

See also: 名门

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	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. (名門)		名	門
simp. (名门)		名	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngmén
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-mên²
    • Yale: míng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmen
    • Palladius: минмэнь (minmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: mìhng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/

Noun

名門

1. distinguished family; prestigious family

Synonyms

• 大戶／大户 (dàhù)
• 好人家 (hǎorénjiā)
• 富家 (fùjiā) (literary)
• 有錢人家／有钱人家 (yǒuqián rénjiā)
• 望族 (wàngzú) (formal)
• 朱門／朱门 (zhūmén) (literary)
• 華族／华族 (huázú) (literary)
• 豪宅 (háozhái) (figurative)
• 豪門／豪门 (háomén)
• 貴族／贵族 (guìzú)
• 高門／高门 (gāomén)

 

Derived terms

• 名門望族／名门望族 (míngménwàngzú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	門
めい Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

名(めい)門(もん) • (meimon) 

1. distinguished family; noble family
2. distinguished ancestry, family with a long lineage
3. famous school; top prestige school

Synonyms

• 名家(めいか) (meika), 名族(めいぞく) (meizoku)