臨門

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	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. (臨門)		臨	門
simp. (临门)		临	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-mùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línmén
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-mên²
    • Yale: lín-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linmen
    • Palladius: линьмэнь (linʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ mun¹¹/

Verb

臨門

1. to be next to one's door; to come to the house; to arrive home
2. (sports) to be close to the goal; to be facing the goalmouth

Derived terms

• 五福臨門／五福临门 (wǔfúlínmén)
• 臨門一腳／临门一脚
• 雙喜臨門／双喜临门 (shuāngxǐlínmén)