城門

See also: 城门

Chinese

		city	gate
trad. (城門)		城	門
simp. (城门)		城	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing⁴ mun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siang³ mon³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-mên²
    • Yale: chéng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngmen
    • Palladius: чэнмэнь (čɛnmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: sìhng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siang³ mon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ²² ᵐbᵘɔn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviamngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siã²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siã²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeng mwon

Rime
Character	城	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	是征切	莫奔切
Baxter	dzyeng	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/muən/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ  mˤə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ  mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	城	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeng ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ/	/*mˁə[r]/
English	city wall	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	城	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1418	8960
Phonetic component	成	門
Rime group	耕	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	成	門
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/	/*mɯːn/

Noun

城門

1. city gate

Derived terms

• 城門失火，殃及池魚／城门失火，殃及池鱼 (chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāngjí chíyú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (城門):

• → Japanese: 城(じょう)門(もん) (jōmon)

Proper noun

城門

1. Shing Mun (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
城	門
じょう Grade: 4	もん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

城(じょう)門(もん) • (jōmon) 

1. castle gate

Derived terms

• 羅(ら)城(じょう)門(もん) (Rajōmon)