廈門

See also: 下門 and 厦门

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
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

  (Pinyin): Xiàmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ mun⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ha⁵ miin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ha-mùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Â-muòng

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ē-mn̂g / Ēe-mûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ê⁶ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàmén
    • 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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      edit edit 下門／下门 廈門／厦门

• 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:

      edit edit 下門／下门 廈門／厦门

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ha⁵ miin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈha¹¹ mɨn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ha-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Â-muòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: Ē-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exmngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ēe-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: Ēe-muî
    • IPA (Penang): /ɛ²¹ mui²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɛ²²⁻²¹ muĩ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ê⁶ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĕ mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e³⁵⁻¹¹ muŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 廈門

1. (historical) Xiamen (a fortification which formerly protected Xiamen Bay)
2. (～島) Xiamen Island (an island in Xiamen Bay, Fujian, China)
3. (～市) Xiamen (a prefecture-level city, a subprovincial city in Fujian, China)
4. (～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

• → English: Xiamen, Amoy

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 厦門

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
廈	門
しあ Hyōgai	めん Grade: 2
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕia̠mẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

廈門(シアメン) • (Shiamen) 

1. Xiamen; Amoy

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
廈	門
あ Hyōgai	もい Grade: 2
irregular

Borrowed from Portuguese Amoy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠mo̞i]

Proper noun

廈門(アモイ) • (Amoi) 

1. Amoy; Xiamen