瑪門

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瑪門)		瑪	門
simp. (玛门)		玛	门

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎmén
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-mên²
    • Yale: mǎ-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maamen
    • Palladius: мамэнь (mamɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ mun⁴
    • Yale: máh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ muːn²¹/

Noun

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1. Mammon

   • 一個僕人不能事奉兩個主；不是惡這個愛那個，就是重這個輕那個。你們不能又事奉神，又事奉瑪門。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个仆人不能事奉两个主；不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 路加福音 (Luke) 16:13

     Yīge púrén bùnéng shìfèng liǎng ge zhǔ; bùshì è zhège ài nàge, jiùshì zhòng zhège qīng nàge. Nǐmen bùnéng yòu shìfèng Shén, yòu shìfèng mǎmén. [Pinyin]

     No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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