朱門

Chinese

		surname; vermilion	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. (朱門)		朱	門
simp. (朱门)		朱	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhumén
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-mên²
    • Yale: jū-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jumen
    • Palladius: чжумэнь (čžumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: jyū mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu mwon

Rime
Character	朱	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	章俱切	莫奔切
Baxter	tsyu	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/	/muən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1	mun4

Noun

朱門

1. (literary) wealthy and respectable (in terms of social status) family

Synonyms

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• 名門／名门 (míngmén)
• 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)
• 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

• 朱門酒肉臭／朱门酒肉臭 (zhūmén jiǔròu chòu)
• 朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨／朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨 (zhūménjiǔròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐgǔ)