廈門
Chinese
tall building | 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 | ||
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trad. (廈門/厦門) | 廈/厦 | 門 | |
simp. (厦门) | 厦 | 门 | |
alternative forms | 下門/下门 archaic |
Etymology
A homophone of the original name 下門/下门 (Xiàmén) that came into official use for its more elegant sense.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haa6 mun4
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'ha5 miin4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ha-mùn
- Eastern Min (BUC): Â-muòng
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Siàmén
- Wade–Giles: Hsia4-mên2
- Yale: Syà-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahmen
- Palladius: Сямэнь (Sjamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ mən³⁵/
- Homophones:
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廈門/厦门
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: haa6 mun4
- Yale: hah mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: haa6 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: ha6 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /haː²² muːn²¹/
- Homophones:
下門/下门
廈門/厦门
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'ha5 miin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈha¹¹ mɨn³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ha-mùn
- Hakka Romanization System: ha munˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ha4 mun2
- Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Â-muòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /a²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 廈門
- (historical) Xiamen (a fortification which formerly protected Xiamen Bay)
- (~島) Xiamen Island (an island in Xiamen Bay, Fujian, China)
- (~市) Xiamen (a prefecture-level city, a subprovincial city in Fujian, China)
- (~灣) Xiamen Bay (a bay in southeastern Fujian, China)
Synonyms
- (island): 嘉禾 (jiāhé) (historical), 鷺島/鹭岛 (Lùdǎo)
- (city): 下門/下门 (Xiàmén) (historical); 思明 (Sīmíng) (historical)
- (its hinterland): 同安 (Tóng'ān) (historical); 思明 (Sīmíng) (historical)
Descendants
Japanese
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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廈 | 門 |
しあ Hyōgai |
めん Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Borrowed from Mandarin 廈門/厦门 (Xiàmén).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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廈 | 門 |
あ Hyōgai |
もい Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Borrowed from Portuguese Amoy.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
References
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