西門

See also: 西门

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	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. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: simén
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
    • Palladius: симэнь (simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 西門

1. (literary) west gate of a walled city

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西門

1. a surname

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: Syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
    • Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西門

1. Simon

Synonyms

• (Catholic) 西滿／西满 (Xīmǎn)

See also

• 閪／𲈹 (hai1) Cantonese

(deprecated template usage)