門當戶對

See also: 门当户对

Chinese

		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	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	a household; door; family	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (門當戶對)		門	當	戶	對
simp. (门当户对)		门	当	户	对

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méndānghùduì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ dong¹ wu⁶ deoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-tong-hō͘-tùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méndānghùduì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méndanghùduèi
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tang¹-hu⁴-tui⁴
    • Yale: mén-dāng-hù-dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mendanghuhduey
    • Palladius: мэньданхудуй (mɛnʹdanxuduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ dong¹ wu⁶ deoi³
    • Yale: mùhn dōng wuh deui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ dong¹ wu⁶ doey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ dong¹ wu⁶ dêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ wuː²² tɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-tong-hō͘-tùi
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-tong-hōo-tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngdonghoxduix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³⁻²¹ tui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tui¹¹/

Idiom

門當戶對

1. to be well-matched in terms of socio-economic status (for purposes of marriage); to have similar family backgrounds

Synonyms

• 竹門對竹門，木門對木門／竹门对竹门，木门对木门 (zhúmén duì zhúmén, mùmén duì mùmén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (門當戶對):

• → Vietnamese: môn đăng hộ đối (門當戶對)

(misconstructed Sino-Vietnamese)